fissilingual
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fissus (p.p. of findere (“to split”)) + lingual.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Adjective[edit]
fissilingual (comparative more fissilingual, superlative most fissilingual)
- (zoology) Having a forked tongue.
- Synonym: fork-tongued
- fissilingual lizard
References[edit]
- “fissilingual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.