Definitions for labrum

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labrum la·brum

Spelling: [ley-bruh m, lab-ruh m]

IPA: /ˈleɪ brəm, ˈlæb rəm/

Labrum is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in labrum (ablmru).

Definitions for labrum

noun

1. a lip or liplike part.
2. Zoology. the anterior, unpaired member of the mouthparts of an arthropod, projecting in front of the mouth. the outer margin of the aperture of a shell of a gastropod.
3. Anatomy. a ring of cartilage about the edge of a joint surface of a bone.
4. an ornamented bathtub of ancient Rome.

Origin of labrum

1810-20; Latin: lip; akin to labium

Examples for labrum

Labial lobes large, oval, contiguous with one another, at the tip of the labrum.

The calidarium had the labrum at one end, and the alveus was in one side of the room.

There are teeth on each side of the central notch of the labrum.

They make the puncture and are interlocked with the labrum to form a sucking tube.

The labrum is considered by some authorities to be the hypopharynx.

The labrum, or upper lip, is separated by a deep suture from the clypeus, and is trapezoidal in form.

Yet this labrum is a large marble vessel seven feet in diameter.

labrum (fig. 3) very broad and extensive, flattened, pale in color, the anterior margin with about two sense-organs.

It will be remembered that the labrum is provided with a groove.

The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.