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labium

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Noun
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la=bi=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

labiumn. [L.].
  •  A lip, or liplike organ.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The lip of an organ pipe.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

labium, n. (pl. labia)
1 (usu. in pl.) Anat. each of the two pairs of skin folds that enclose the vulva.
2 the lower lip in the mouth-parts of an insect or crustacean.
3 a lip, esp. the lower one of a labiate plant's corolla.

Idiom
labia majora the larger outer pair of labia (in sense 1). labia minora the smaller inner pair of labia (in sense 1).
Etymology
L, = lip

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