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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A process of the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth developed between the tip of the tongue and the symphysis of the lower jaw of some animals, as lemurs: it may acquire considerable size, and become denticulated or pectinated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
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- noun anatomy A
muscular secondary tongue found below the primary tongue inprosimian primates .
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