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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bone of the tongue, more fully called os linguæ or os linguale; the hyoid bone, or os hyoides. See hyoid, n.
  • noun In craniometry, the upper terminal point of the symphysis of the lower jaw on its lingual surface.

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