Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Tongue. The tongue is a muscular hydrostat on the floors of the mouths of most vertebrates which manipulates food for mastication. It is the primary organ of taste, as much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds.
1. eugenics-the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating). bioscience, life science-any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms.
The most disputed aspect of eugenics has been the definition of improvement of the human gene pool, such as what is a beneficial characteristic and what is a defect. Historically, this aspect of eugenics was tainted with scientific racism and pseudoscience.