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lytta
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lytta, n. [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. ly`tta, ly`ssa, lit., madness.].
A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog. [1913 Webster]
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