labium

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Epipharynx: an organ, probably of taste, attached to the inner surface of the labium and supposed to correspond to the palate of higher animals Epiglossa or epiglottis.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The labium or second maxillæ, so large in the moth, serves simply as a spinneret in the caterpillar.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Elinguata: without a tongue: forms in which the maxillae are connate with the labium: see synista.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

At the tip of the labium are the labellæ, two little lobes which serve to guide the piercing organs.

From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur

As the inguinal hernia increases in size it passes into the scrotum in the male, into the labium in the female; while the femoral hernia gradually pushes upwards to the abdomen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various