(vertebrate zoology) One of the papillae found on the posterolateral margin of the tongue of many mammals, but vestigial or absent in humans.
foliate papilla
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(fō'lē-ĭt, -āt')
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Any of the numerous projections that are arranged in several transverse folds on the lateral margins of the tongue just in front of the palatoglossus muscle.
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