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glossoid

glossoid adjective: resembling a tongue.

Adjective

glossoid (comparative more glossoid, superlative most glossoid)

  1. Resembling a tongue.

Noun

glossoid (plural glossoids)

  1. A tongue-like organ.

Forms of glossoid

Adjective
comparativemore glossoid
superlativemost glossoid
Noun
pluralglossoids

Origin of glossoid

gloss- + -oid

Questions about glossoid

What does glossoid mean?
Glossoid means resembling a tongue.
What part of speech is glossoid?
Glossoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near glossoid in the dictionary

  1. glossography
  2. glossograptid
  3. glossograptids
  4. glossohyal
  5. glossohyals
  6. glossoid
  7. glossoids
  8. glossokinetic
  9. glossolabial
  10. glossolabiolaryngeal
  11. glossolabiopharyngeal

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