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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The remarkable tripartite mentum he thinks should not be compared with the bipartite mentum of Leptinus, and calls attention to the fact that in Ancistrona in Mallophaga it is also trilobed.
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Pr�mentum smaller than the hypopharynx, in outline roughly oval or semicircular with the two labial palpi surrounded by hairs at the base.
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Summit of spire heterostrophic; a projection, the mentum, between head and foot; operculum present.
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Submental peduncle: in Coleoptera, the prolonged portion of the gula supporting the mentum.
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The mentum carries at its extremity a pair of lobes with sharp fangs.
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