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Synonyms for glossa

Most common

tongue clapper lingua

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The tongue, or lingua, especially of an insect.

Forms

Plural
glossae → tongues, clappers, linguae…

Example sentences

  • tongue You can use a tongue scraper to clean your tongue.
  • lingua Berber was once the lingua franca of North Africa.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
glossafalling
tonguerising
clappersteady
linguarising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
tongue1, lingua2
7 letters
clapper2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lingua2 = 2 syllables).