Definition of LABIUM

labium

Meanings

Plural: labia

Noun

  • a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva)
  • A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
  • The lip of a labiate corolla.
  • A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
  • 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.
  • The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.

Scrabble Score: 10

labium is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
labium is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
labium is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

labium is a valid Words With Friends word