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Meaning of ligula | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects.

Examples

“Quamvis me ligulam dicant equitesque patresque,”

Though knights (the equites, an equestrian aristocratic order) and senators call me ligula, I am called lingula by stolid and ignorant grammarians.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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