lingula

Noun

Meaning

A tonguelike process or part.

Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

area region division section unit element piece portion bit component particle segment fragment lobe part

Related terms

linguliform lingular

Derivatives

-lae

Anagrams

lingual Luliang

Examples

Lingula is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old. Source: Internet

Darwin expected species to change slowly, but not at the same rate – some organisms such as Lingula were unchanged since the earliest fossils. Source: Internet

The Silurian Lingula differs but little from the living species of this genus". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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