Relating to or characterized by the absence of a tongue; without a tongue.
From prefix 'a-' (without) + Greek 'glossa' (tongue) + suffix '-al' (relating to). The adjectival form of 'aglossa', following standard medical terminology conventions.
This adjective appears in zoology when describing certain creatures—some fish and amphibians are genuinely aglossal, meaning they catch food without using a tongue, revealing how different life forms solve the same biological problems in wildly different ways.
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