an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(1) The fleshy, moveable, muscular organ attached to the floor of the mouth; (2) or the barking or baying of hounds on the trail, as to give tongue, to open or speak.
Movable organ on the floor of the mouth.
attached at the front of the mouth and is used in capturing prey
located in the floor of the mouth; mixes food during chewing
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
(tuhng) The muscular organ of the digestive system that is anchored to the floor of the mouth and wall of the pharynx, and which plays a role in swallowing and speech formation.
A muscular organ on the floor of the mouth in most higher vertebrates that carries taste buds and manipulates food. It may act as a tactile or prehensile organ in some species.
large muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing; the main organ of taste, and assists in forming speech sounds.
The tongue is a strong muscle anchored to the floor of the mouth. It is covered by the lingual membrane which has special areas to detect tastes. See the entire definition of Tongue
Large, soft piece of flesh in the mouth that can move. Used for tasting and speaking.
an elongate (tongue-like) extension of a flat sea floor into an adjacent higher feature TNGU
large muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing and assists in forming speech sounds; the main organ of taste.
A shark's tongue is called a basihyal. A basihyal is a small, thick, relatively immovable piece of cartilage that is found on the floor of the mouth of sharks and fishes. The basihyal seems to be useless for most sharks, except for the cookiecutter sharks, who use it to rip "flesh-cookies" out of their prey (Shirai and Nakaya, 1992).
The muscular organ attached to the floor of the mouth. Used to speak, chew, swallow and taste.
The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing, (deglutition). It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds.