labium

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
2. noun The lip of a labiate corolla.
3. noun A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line. A liplike part of various invertebrates.
4. noun A liplike part of various invertebrates.
5. noun The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

Similar words

lip labrum labium superius oris labium inferius oris labia majora labia minora vertical lips labia major outer lips netherlips

Often followed by

majus is and minus of with are or in

Word family

labia