labium

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When the flea is feeding, the epipharynx and mandibles are thrust into the skin of the victim, the labium serving as a guide.

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

The second pair of maxillae are more or less completely fused together to form what is known as the labium or “lower lip.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

The labium is not developed from a pair of tubercles, as is usual, but at once appears as an unpaired, or single organ.

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

The labium is much as in that of Perla, being broad and short, with a distinct median suture, indicating its former separation in embryonic life into a pair of appendages.

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

Testa coniformis; spira brevissima; labium exterius simplex; columella plicata; apertura linearis, angusta, spir� longior.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William