PARAGLOSSA

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‖Par′a‐glos″sa (–glŏs″sȧ), n.; pl. Paraglossæ (–sē). [[NL., from Gr. παρά beside + γλω̑σσα tongue.]] (Zoöl.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.