Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lingual"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lingual \Lin"gual\, n.
A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term
especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t,
d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
Note: In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as [.t], [.t]h,
[dsdot], [dsdot]h, [.n], are called linguals,
cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip
of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of
the palate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lingual \Lin"gual\ (l[i^][ng]"gwal), a. [L. lingua tongue: cf.
F. lingual. See {Tongue}, and cf. {Language}.]
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the
tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
{Lingual ribbon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Odontophore}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lingual
adj 1: consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior";
"a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: {linguistic}]
[ant: {nonlinguistic}]
2: pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue;
"lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the teeth"
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