Definitions for mentum

mentum men·tum

Spelling: [men-tuh m]
IPA: /ˈmɛn təm/

Mentum 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 57 anagrams from letters in mentum (emmntu).

Definitions for mentum

noun

  1. Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
  2. Botany. a chinlike protuberance formed by the sepals and the base of the column in some orchids.

Origin of mentum

1685-95; New Latin, Latin mentum chin, akin to mouth

Examples for mentum

Submental peduncle: in Coleoptera, the prolonged portion of the gula supporting the mentum.

But the -mentum is a mere termination, and has nothing to do with mens at all.

Our mentum may generally be known by its situation between the hinges and base of the Maxill.

Gulo-mental: includes the region covered by the gulag and mentum.

The part in this work regarded as the mentum, does not in all cases accord with what MM.

Buccal fissure: the mouth slit or opening: the opening on each side of the mentum.

Epilobe: of mentum in Carabidae, really corresponds to a partially divided ligula: a lateral appendage of a bilobed mentum.

Anthobian: feeding on flowers; applied to certain lamellicorn Coleoptera in which the labium extends beyond the mentum.

The mentum carries at its extremity a pair of lobes with sharp fangs.

Subglossa: in Odonata; a sclerite between the two halves of the mentum (Graber): is really the true mentum.

Word Value for mentum
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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