ligula

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ligula (“strap, spoon”), a variant of lingula (“small tongue-shaped object”), itself partly derived from lingō (“lick”) and partly a diminutive of lingua (“tongue”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡ.jʊ.lə/ === Noun === ligula (plural ligulas or ligulae) A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. === Noun === ligula alternative form of lingula (“tongue or tongue-shaped thing”) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ligula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press