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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of the 12th pair of cranial nerves that innervate the muscles of the tongue.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
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