Glossa

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glossa \Glos"sa\, n.; pl. {Gloss[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the
     tongue.] (Zool.)
     The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See {Hymenoptera}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  glossa
       n : a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous
           membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: {tongue}, {lingua},
            {clapper}]
       [also: {glossae} (pl)]