- labium
- n.; pl. labiaa lip-shaped structure, especially either of the two pairs of skin folds that enclose the vulva. The larger outer pair are known as the labia majora and the smaller inner pair the labia minora.
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labium — [ labjɔm ] n. m. • 1946; mot lat. « lèvre » ♦ Didact. Pièce inférieure de l appareil buccal des insectes (⇒ labre). ● labium nom masculin (latin labium, lèvre) Pièce impaire inférieure de l appareil buccal des insectes, souvent munie de palpes… … Encyclopédie Universelle
labium — LÁBIUM s.n. Buza inferioară a insectelor şi a unor miriapode. [pr.: bi um. – var. lábiu s.n.] – Din fr. labium. Trimis de LauraGellner, 16.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 LÁBIUM s. (anat.) buză inferioară. (labium la insecte.) Trimis de siveco,… … Dicționar Român
Labium — is the Latin word for lip. In English, it may refer to: *Labium (genitalia), a part of the female external genitalia (singular of labia in human anatomy) *Labium (insect), a |mouthpart of insects (the lower lip ) *Labium (genus), a genus of wasps … Wikipedia
Labĭum — (lat.), 1) Lippe; L. superius, L. inferius, Ober u. Unterlippe; L. externum, L. internum, s.u. Gesichtsknochen H) a) dd); Labium leporīnum, Hasenscharte; 2) schmale Ritze bei Orgelpfeifen u. einigen Blasinstrumenten (wie der Flûte à bec, Fûte… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
labium — (n.) 1590s, plural labia, from L. labium lip (see LIP (Cf. lip) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
Labium — La bi*um, n.; pl. L. {Labia}, E. {Labiums}. [L.] 1. A lip, or liplike organ. [1913 Webster] 2. The lip of an organ pipe. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. (Anat.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The organ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Labĭum — Labĭum, die Lippe; L. leporinum, Hasenscharte … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Labium — ⇒ Mundwerkzeuge … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
LABIUM — iude Labra … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
labium — ► NOUN (pl. labia) 1) (labia) Anatomy the inner and outer folds of the vulva. 2) a fused mouthpart forming the floor of the mouth of an insect. ORIGIN Latin, lip … English terms dictionary
labium — [lā′bē əm] n. pl. labia [lā′bēə] [L, LIP] a lip or liplike organ; esp., a) the lower, liplike part of the corolla of certain flowers b) the lower lip of an insect, formed by the fusion of the second maxillae … English World dictionary
