X Lingua

1. (literally) the tongue
2. (transferred sense)
   1. a tongue, utterance, language, speech
      1. the tongue or language of a people
         1. (post-Classical) a dialect, idiom or mode of speech
      2. (poetic, of animals) a voice, note, song, bark, etc.
      3. an utterance, expression
   2. tongue-shaped things:
      1. *Ranunculus lingua* (a flowering plant)
      2. the oxtongue, bugloss
      3. the houndstongueSynonym: cynoglōssos
      4. a tongue of land
      5. a spoonfulSynonym: lingula
      6. (music) the tongue or reed of a Roman tibiae
      7. (classical mechanics) the short arm of a lever