Lytta Definition
lĭtə
lytta
noun
A band of cartilage lying along the underside of the tongue of dogs and certain other carnivores.
Webster's New World
Origin of Lytta
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Latin worm under a dog's tongue (said to cause madness) from Greek lussa, lutta madness, rabies wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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