LABIUM

labium

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

labium (plural labia)

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

(botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.

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

Anagrams

• Malibu, malibu

Source: Wiktionary


La"bi*um, n. ; pl. L. Labia, E. Labiums. Etym: [L.]

1. A lip, or liplike organ.

2. The lip of an organ pipe.

3. pl. (Anat.)

Definition: The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.

4. (Zoöl.) (a) 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). (b) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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