the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > ligula (3)
A narrow tongue-like strip or fillet. Entomology (a) The ‘tongue’ of Crustaceans, Arachnids, and Insects, being a horny, membranous, or fleshy…
A little tongue or tongue-like object: spec. (a) (Entomology) = ligula, n. 1b; (b) = tongue-worm n. (b) at tongue, n. compounds 2: see (Cent. Dict.…