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tongue

noun (MOUTH PART)
 
 
/tʌŋ/

Definition

B1 [C] the large, soft piece of flesh in the mouth that you can move, and is used for tasting, speaking, etc.: I burned my tongue on some soup last night.The mouth and throat [U] the tongue of an animal, used as foodOrgans eaten as meat
(Definition of tongue noun (MOUTH PART) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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