Lytta

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog. archaic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.

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