Ligula

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

  Ligula \Lig"u*la\ (l[i^]g"[-u]*l[.a]), n.; pl. L. {Ligul[ae]}
     (-l[=e]), E. {Ligulas} (-l[.a]z). [L., a little tongue. See
     {Ligule}.]
     1. (Bot.) See {Ligule}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Zool.)
        (a) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of
            insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis,
            as in bees. [See Illust. under {Labium}, and
            {Hymenoptera}.]
        (b) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See
            {Parapodium}.
            [1913 Webster] Ligulate