lingulate

English

Etymology

From Latin lingula (“little tongue, small flap”) + English -ate.

Adjective

lingulate (comparative more lingulate, superlative most lingulate)

1. In the shape of a tongue
   • 2002, David J. Bottjer, Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life, →ISBN, page 53:

     The infaunal benthic community was dominated by a number of suspension- or deposit-feeding forms, such as lingulate brachiopods, as well as some primary consumers, such as the priapulid worm Maotianshania and the worm-like Facivermis.

Related terms

• lingulated