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la·bi·um
\ˈlābēəm\ noun
(plural labia \-ēə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, lip — more at lip
1. : any of the folds at the margin of the vulva — compare labia majora, labia minora
2.
a. : the lower lip of a labiate corolla — compare galea
b. : the liplike lower margin of the foveola in plants of the genus Isoetes
3.
a. : the lower lip of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line and variously modified in different insects but consists typically of a submentum, mentum, and ligula and bears two labial palpi
b. : the coalescent pedipalpi of some mites
c. : a liplike part of a neuropodium in a polychaete worm
d. : the metastoma of a crustacean
e. : the columellar part of the aperture of a gastropod shell
f. : the movable sclerite forming the ventral wall of the head of a spider |