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hemilingual

hemilingual adjective: involving half of the tongue.

Adjective

hemilingual (not comparable)

  1. Involving half of the tongue.

Origin of hemilingual

From hemi- + lingual.

Questions about hemilingual

What does hemilingual mean?
Hemilingual means involving half of the tongue.
What part of speech is hemilingual?
Hemilingual is an adjective.

Words near hemilingual in the dictionary

  1. hemilesioned
  2. hemilesions
  3. hemilethargy
  4. hemilineage
  5. hemilineages
  6. hemilingual
  7. hemiliver
  8. hemilivers
  9. hemiloop
  10. hemiloops
  11. hemimacula

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