Glossa

Noun

Glos=sa

WORDNET DICTIONARY

glossa(n = noun.body) clapper, lingua, tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity;

is a kind of organ, articulator

is a part of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, pharynx, throat

has parts: gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud

Glossa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. the tongue.].

The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. [1913 Webster]