labium
noun/ˈleɪ.bi.əm/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Plural normally A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences, Zoology A liplike part of various invertebrates.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
- Derived terms
- eclabium, labial, labiate, labiose, labium inferius oris, labium superius oris, pseudolabium
- Related terms
- labrum, saccolabium