Definition of "lytta" []

• A thin cartilaginous strip on the underside of the tongue of certain carnivorous mammals, such as dogs. (noun)

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• "Pliny, and some subsequent writers, attributed rabies to a worm under the animal's tongue which they called ` ` lytta. ''"
• "Pliny, and some subsequent writers, attributed rabies to a worm under the animal's tongue which they called "lytta.""