Definition of Ligulae. Meaning of Ligulae. Synonyms of Ligulae

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Definition of Ligulae

Ligulae
Ligula Lig"u*la (l[i^]g"[-u]*l[.a]), n.; pl. L. Ligul[ae] (-l[=e]), E. Ligulas (-l[.a]z). [L., a little tongue. See Ligule.] 1. (Bot.) See Ligule. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. [See Illust. under Labium, and Hymenoptera.] (b) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.

Meaning of Ligulae from wikipedia

- In the brain, the taenia of the fourth ventricle (lingula, tenia of fourth ventricle) are two narrow bands of white matter, one on either side, which complete...
- available to Robson were females, so the ligula could not be examined, the ligulae of Bathypolypus are distinctively large and are laminated. Subsequent workers...
- fish and 10% being cephalopods. Male O. salutii have a well-developed ligulae which is used to transfer sperm to the female. O. salutii lay 2,000-4,000...
- cochlearia, with long tapered handles, and the other sixteen are the larger ligulae or cigni, with bowls about the size of a modern dessert spoon and short...
- preco****tory preference for males that have longer mating appendages, or ligulae. It is a polygynandrous species - both female and male octopuses mate multiple...
- in the capitula, much larger ray flowers with longer, more consistent ligulae and also longer linguiform appendages. Its smaller pollen grains, larger...