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Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.

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  1. a. Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.
  2. n. One of the hypoglossal nerves.
  3. n. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
  4. Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue. -- n. One of the hypoglossal nerves.
  5. Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates,to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributedto the base of the tongue.-- n.
  6. n:100 n. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles