Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Anatomy Any of four folds of tissue of the female external genitals.
- noun A liplike structure, such as that forming the floor of the mouth of certain invertebrates, especially insects.
- noun The inner margin of the opening of a gastropod shell.
- noun Botany One of the liplike divisions of a bilabiate corolla.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy and zoology, a lip or lip-like part. Specifically.
- noun In bot:
- noun The lower or anterior lip of a bilabiate corolla
- noun In Isoëtes, a lip-like structure formed by the lower margin of the foveola.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of ichneumon-flies, with one small New Guinean species
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lip, or liplike organ.
- noun The lip of an organ pipe.
- noun (Anat.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
- noun The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillæ, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).
- noun Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the
vulva . - noun botany The
lip of a labiatecorolla . - noun music The lip against which pressured air is driven in a
flue pipe in anorgan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The labium, which is the largest and most conspicuous, is apparently cylindrical but is grooved above throughout its length.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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The labium was the equivalent of the hyoid, the labial palps and maxillipedes the equivalent of the "hyoid" elements which form the branchial arches.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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At the tip of the labium are the labellæ, two little lobes which serve to guide the piercing organs.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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The labium, which is divided into three joints, becomes flattened towards the tip, which is square, and ends in two thin membranous lobes, probably endowed with
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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(mandibles), and two pairs of maxillæ, the second and basal pair being united at their base to form the so-called labium, or under lip.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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In one fluid motion, her maxilla gathered in the severed head and guided it into her labium.
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He said afterwards 'but you turned up on a motorbike!!!!!!!' as if I'd turned up in a see-through lace mini dress and showed the neighbours my labium majus piercing.
Look How Clever We Are ! Newmania 2008
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Once you've fastened an oversized labium like this to your bike you've already admitted you need fenders, so next time you're in the market for a frame you might want to think differently.
Synthesis: Putting It Together BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I only hope the damage caused to the collective psyche of our nation's youth by a photograph of two women making gentle nasal and labia superfluos entafada/labium inferius contact is not irreparable.
Conspiracy By Mail: The Hidden Dangers of Online Bicycle Retail BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The larvae of odonates are easily distinguished from those of other aquatic larvae by their long, hinged labium that is used to seize prey.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
missanthropist commented on the word labium
Latin Lip.
July 11, 2008