Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In herpetology, leptoglossate.
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Examples
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By some mistake the slip containing the description of this genus in my synopsis of the slender-tongued Saurians got into the wrong place with the Tiliquae instead of being near Anguis.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855
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Yarb and the strange dog saluted one another, and then the active, thin-legged, slender-tongued Azor relinquished his licking of Yarb’s blunt jowl, licked
Dead Souls 1842
frogapplause commented on the word slender-tongued
Yarb and the strange dog saluted one another, and then the active, thin-legged, slender-tongued Azor relinquished his licking of Yarb’s blunt jowl, licked... --Dead Souls
July 18, 2010
bilby commented on the word slender-tongued
What's with the Yarb-licking?
July 18, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word slender-tongued
I found this passage in the Examples.
July 18, 2010