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<h1>Linguatulida</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`gua*tu"li*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Linguatulina</er>.</def>

<h1>Linguatulina</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin*guat`*u*li"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also <altname>Pentastomida</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms.</note>

<h1>Linguidental</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`gui*den"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Linguadental.</def>

<h1>Linguiform</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gui*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>linguiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.</def>

<h1>Linguist</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"guist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue, speech, language: cf. F. <ets>linguiste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A master of the use of language; a talker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I'll dispute with him; He's a rare <b>linguist</b>. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person skilled in languages.</def>

<blockquote>There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest <b>linguist</b>, of the age. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Linguistic, Linguistical</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw><hw>Lin*guis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lin*guis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>linguistique.</ets>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.</def>

<h1>Linguistically</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin*guis"tic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<h1>Linguistics</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin*guis"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>linguistique</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.</def>

<h1>Lingula</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gu*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-l\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a little tongue.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A tonguelike process or part.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus <spn>Lingula</spn>, and related genera. See <er>Brachiopoda</er>, and <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<cs><col>Lingula flags</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lingulate</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingulatus</ets>, fr. <ets>lingula</ets> a little tongue. Cf. <er>Ligulate</er>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.</def>

<h1>Linigerous</h1> <Xpage=856>