Dictionary entry

Lingual

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lin″gual (lĭṉ″gwal), a. [L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language.] Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

Lingual ribbon. (Zoöl.) See Odontophore.