mentum
Americannoun
plural
menta-
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
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Botany. a chinlike protuberance formed by the sepals and the base of the column in some orchids.
Etymology
Origin of mentum
1685–95; < New Latin, Latin mentum chin, akin to mouth
Example Sentences
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Making his playwriting debut at Manhattan's American Place Theater, Reynolds, 33, does not shape his plays with sufficient skill, but he does give them a wickedly comic mo mentum like an accomplished barstool raconteur.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the Balance of Power: The Pres ident believes that Communist mo mentum, which picked up after Sputnik 1, has slackened.
From Time Magazine Archive
The presence of r, and the turning of mens into mentum, are minor difficulties.
From Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 by Various
Fallitur, ad mentum qui pendit quemque profundum, Ceu possint laeves nil sapuisse genae.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
The mentum carries at its extremity a pair of lobes with sharp fangs.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
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