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- noun Plural form of
tonguelet .
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The fernlike shapes of four tonguelets, two above and two below, suggested they were chemosensors, perhaps among other functions.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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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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