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What is the noun for tonguelet?

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tongue
  1. The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
  2. Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
  3. (metonymy) A language.
  4. The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
  5. (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
  6. (obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.
  7. (religion) Glossolalia.
  8. In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot, so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth.
  9. Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
  10. A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
  11. A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
  12. The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
  13. The clapper of a bell.
  14. (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
  15. A small sole (type of fish).
  16. (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
  17. (music) A reed.
  18. Synonyms:
  19. Examples:
    1. “The two youths cried out in a strange foreign tongue.”
      “When something about the magic act goes wrong, a glib tongue and a humorous manner can do much to gloss over the slip so that people do not notice that anything is amiss.”
tonguing
  1. A licking or lapping with the tongue.
  2. (music) A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
tonguage
  1. Any activity involving the tongue; tonguing.
  2. (nonstandard, neologism) Language; spoken language, as opposed to other forms of language (body language, written language, etc.).
  3. Examples:
    1. “Whether the ideas underlying them are expressed and conveyed by eyeage or by tonguage is a detail that matters nothing.”
tonguedness
  1. (in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular number of or type of tongue or tongues.
tonguelet
  1. A little tongue.
tonguelets
  1. plural of tonguelet
tonguings
  1. plural of tonguing
tongues
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