Labium

Word LABIUM
Character 6
Hyphenation ‖La bi um
Pronunciations /ˈleɪbɪəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Labium"

What do we mean by labium?

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

One of the liplike divisions of a bilabiate corolla. 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 noun

A lip, or liplike organ. noun

The lip of an organ pipe. noun

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. noun

A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva. noun

The lip of a labiate corolla. noun

The lip against which pressured air is driven in a flue pipe in an organ. noun

A liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva) noun

A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.

The lip of a labiate corolla.

The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

A rebuttal used to point out the fact your opponent, in your argument, is acting like a hysterical woman, usually resorting to personal attacks. Urban Dictionary

The medical term for dangling labium aka "mud flaps". Thought to originate from freak show showings of Sara Baartman in the 19th century by Dr. Nelson. Currently the leading reason for vaginoplasty. Urban Dictionary

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The word "labium" in example sentences

At the tip of the labium are the labellæ, two little lobes which serve to guide the piercing organs. ❋ Rennie Wilbur Doane (N/A)

The labium was the equivalent of the hyoid, the labial palps and maxillipedes the equivalent of the "hyoid" elements which form the branchial arches. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The labium, which is the largest and most conspicuous, is apparently cylindrical but is grooved above throughout its length. ❋ Rennie Wilbur Doane (N/A)

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 ❋ Unknown (1872)

(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. ❋ Unknown (1872)

In one fluid motion, her maxilla gathered in the severed head and guided it into her labium. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Newmania (2008)

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. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

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. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

The larvae of odonates are easily distinguished from those of other aquatic larvae by their long, hinged labium that is used to seize prey. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The lip — labium, from labor (?) — laps or lapses from the sides of the cavernous mouth. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Agite, descendamus, et confundamus ibi labium eorum, ut non audiant unusquisque labium proximi sui. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

Propterea vocavit nomen ejus Babel: quia ibi confudit Jehova labium universae terrae, et inde dispersit eos Jehova in superficiem universae terrae. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

Et dixit Jehova, En, populus unus, et labium unum est omnibus ipsis: et hoc est incipere eorum ut faciant, et nunc non prohibebitur ab eis quod cogitaverunt ut facerent. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

Median lobe: of labium in Odonata, is the partly divided glossa or ligula; probably corresponds to united glossa and paraglossae (Butler). ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Ligula: the central sclerite of the labium, borne upon the mentum, usually single, sometimes paired: often used as synonymous with ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Epipharynx: an organ, probably of taste, attached to the inner surface of the labium and supposed to correspond to the palate of higher animals Epiglossa or epiglottis. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Maxilla: without any qualifying adjective, the second pair of jaws in a mandibulate insect; the most persistent when the mouth is modified, and represented by some functional part in all insects in which the mouth structures are useful: second maxillae, = the labium, or third pair of jaws in a mandibulate insect. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

F litteram imum labium superis imprimentibus dentibus, reflexa ad palati fastigium lingua, leni spiramine proferemus. ❋ Frances Ellen Lord (N/A)

[Peyton]: Yea, well [your mom is] a fat bitch! [Lucas]: Ad Labium, fucker. ❋ Lilslayer569 (2021)

[Sara] exhibited extreme [Nelson's labium] during her first [exam]. ❋ Chungy (2011)

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