(ˈ)āˈgläsə, -ȯsə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from a- (II) + -glossa
1. in some classifications : a suborder of amphibians including frogs or toads that have no tongue and have a common pharyngeal opening for the Eustachian tubes and comprising the families Pipidae and Xenopodidae
2. in some classifications : a division of mollusks having neither radula nor head coextensive with Lamellibranchia