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languet
/ˈlæŋɡwɪt/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
2
A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
3
A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
If there is music for this it’s windy strings and reed sections standing in bright shirt fronts and black ties all along the beach, a robed organist by the breakwater—itself broken, crusted with tides—whose languets and flues gather and shape the resident spooks here.
4
A narrow tongue of land.
5
A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.
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