Antonyms for labrum

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ley-bruh m, lab-ruh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ brəm, ˈlæb rəm

Definition of labrum

Origin : lip or lip-like part, 1816, in various anatomical and zoological uses, from Latin labrum, cognate with labium "lip" (see lip (n.)). Also noted mid-15c. as the name of some herb.

As in lip : noun edge, brink

Example sentences :

It will be remembered that the labrum is provided with a groove.
Extract from : « Insects and Diseases » by Rennie W. Doane

They make the puncture and are interlocked with the labrum to form a sucking tube.
Extract from : « The Flea » by Harold Russell

The labrum is considered by some authorities to be the hypopharynx.
Extract from : « The Flea » by Harold Russell

There are teeth on each side of the central notch of the labrum.
Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin

The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.
Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4) » by William Kirby

Yet this labrum is a large marble vessel seven feet in diameter.
Extract from : « The Wonders of Pompeii » by Marc Monnier

The labrum, or upper lip, is separated by a deep suture from the clypeus, and is trapezoidal in form.
Extract from : « Our Common Insects » by Alpheus Spring Packard

Labrum (fig. 3) very broad and extensive, flattened, pale in color, the anterior margin with about two sense-organs.
Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology » by Horace Gunthorp

Labial lobes large, oval, contiguous with one another, at the tip of the labrum.
Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology » by Horace Gunthorp

The calidarium had the labrum at one end, and the alveus was in one side of the room.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4 » by Various

Synonyms for labrum

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