mentum
Americannoun
-
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
-
Botany. a chinlike protuberance formed by the sepals and the base of the column in some orchids.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mentum
1685–95; < New Latin, Latin mentum chin, akin to mouth
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
Buccal fissure: the mouth slit or opening: the opening on each side of the mentum.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Sub-fulcrum: a sclerite between mentum and palpiger: rarely present.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Summit of spire heterostrophic; a projection, the mentum, between head and foot; operculum present.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
