labium
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A lip, or liplike organ.
The lip of an organ pipe.
The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, 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).
Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
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Each labium majus has two surfaces, an outer, pigmented and covered with strong, pubic hair ; and an inner, smooth and beset with large sebaceous follicles.
It is known that there are two taste receptors at the tip of the labium which may well play a role. citation The female mosquito does not insert her labium into the skin; it bends back into a bow when the mosquito begins to bite.
The block has survived, but the labium is damaged, making the instrument unplayable.
Their mouthparts are modified, with the labium being adapted into a unique prehensile organ for grasping prey.
The labium still lies beneath the other mouthparts, but also enfolds them, and it has been extended into a proboscis.
The tip of the labium remains in contact with the skin of the victim, acting as a guide for the other mouthparts.