Lytta

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thin cartilaginous strip on the underside of the tongue of certain carnivorous mammals, such as dogs.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A long vermiform rod of cartilage or fibrous tissue in the middle line and under surface of the tongue of a carnivore; the glossohyal of a carnivore; the so-called “worm” of a dog's tongue.
  • n. [capitalized] A Fabrician genus of Coleoptera: same as Cantharis.
    • Word Usage
    "Pliny, and some subsequent writers, attributed rabies to a worm under the animal's tongue which they called ` ` lytta. ''"
     
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