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longus

US/ˈlɔŋ.ɡəs/

longus noun: a long muscle in the body.

Noun

longus (plural longi)

  1. A long muscle in the body.

longus meaning in Tamil

longus in Tamil

நெடும், நீள், லாங்கஸ்

Forms of longus

plurallongi

Origin of longus

Borrowed from New Latin longus (“long”), clipping of musculus longus (“long muscle”).

Phrases with longus

Questions about longus

What does longus mean?
Longus means a long muscle in the body.
What is longus in Tamil?
Longus in Tamil is நெடும், நீள், லாங்கஸ். See Longus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is longus?
Longus is a noun.
How do you pronounce longus?
Longus is pronounced /ˈlɔŋ.ɡəs/ (US).
What is the plural of longus?
The plural of longus is longi.

Words near longus in the dictionary

  1. longueurs
  2. Longueville
  3. longuineal
  4. longulite
  5. longulites
  6. longus
  7. longus capitis
  8. Longview
  9. Longville
  10. Longville in the Dale
  11. Longvillian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: longus (page history and authors); longus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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