Lingula

File:Lingula.png sandal of the imperial Roman period, originally specific in classical fashion to Spartan footwear]]

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Lingula is Latin for "little tongue". It can stand for:

• Lingula (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus of the family Lingulidae, which is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old
• A wide strap above the instep in sandals
• In anatomy:
• the Lingula of left lung, one of the segments of the left lung with a tongue-shape
• The Sphenoidal lingula, a part of the sphenoid bone
• The Lingula of mandible, a ridge on the medial aspect of the body of the mandible, just anterior to the mandibular foramen
• the Lingula of cerebellum
• Taenia of fourth ventricle
• In the vasiform orifice of the Aleyrodidae a small, tongue-like organ assisting in the excretion of honeydew

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