Lyt"ta (?), n.; pl. Lyttae (#). [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. , , lit., madness.] Anat.

A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.

 

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