labium
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.bi.əm/
noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.
- A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
- The lip of a labiate corolla.
- A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
- A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
- The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.