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Webster 1913 Edition
Lytta
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Lyt′ta
(lĭt′tȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
Lyttæ
(-tē)
. [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr.
λύττα
, λύσσα
, lit., madness.] (Anat.)
A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.