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  • noun Plural form of tonguelet.

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Examples

  • The fernlike shapes of four tonguelets, two above and two below, suggested they were chemosensors, perhaps among other functions.

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

  • Fluids flow between them, both ways, driven by sphincters and the tonguelets, which must be centers of sensation.

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

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