Lingula
# Lingula

Lingula is Latin for "little tongue". It can stand for:

* Lingula (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus of the family Lingulidae, which is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old
* Lingala language, a Bantu language
* A wide strap above the instep in sandals
* In anatomy:
   * the Lingula of left lung, one of the segments of the left lung with a tongue-shape
   * The Sphenoidal lingula, a part of the sphenoid bone
   * The Lingula of mandible, a ridge on the medial aspect of the body of the mandible, just anterior to the mandibular foramen
   * the Lingula of cerebellum
   * Taenia of fourth ventricle
   * In the vasiform orifice of the Aleyrodidae a small, tongue-like organ assisting in the excretion of honeydew
