Usually means: Muscle that protrudes the tongue.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (genioglossus)

noun:  (anatomy) A flat, fan-shaped muscle that originates from the superior mental spine and inserts onto the undersurface of the tongue and onto the hyoid bone, acting mainly to extend, protrude or depress the tongue.

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