lingua

名词 lingua:

1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
   同义词：tongue, glossa, clapper

1. Swahili is the principal lingua franca in East Africa.
   东非的主要交际语是斯瓦希里语。

lin.gua

n.（名词）
【复数】 lin.guae[-gwô.]
A tongue or tonguelike organ.
舌或舌状器官

来源：
Latin [tongue, language] * see dôghô-
拉丁语 [舌，语言] *参见 dôghô-