languet
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lan·guet
(lăng′gwĭt, lăng-gwĕt′)n.
One that functions or is shaped like a tongue.
[Middle English, from Old French languete, diminutive of langue, tongue, from Latin lingua; see dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots.]
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languet
(ˈlæŋɡwɛt)n
rare anything resembling a tongue in shape or function
[C15: from Old French languette, diminutive of langue tongue]
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lan•guet
(ˈlæŋ gwɛt)n.
any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French languete, diminutive of langue tongue; see language, -et]
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