labium

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The piercing proboscis consists of three long needle-like organs, the epipharynx and mandibles, and a lower lip or labium.

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

B, Piercing mouth of a Mosquito: a, labial palps; b, labium epi-pharynx; c, labium; d and e, maxill�; f, labrum; g, antenn�; h and i, ocelli: hy, hypopharynx; j, labial palp.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

A, Sucking mouth of a Butterfly: p, proboscis; l, labium; l1, labial palps; m, mandibles.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Lying in this groove along the upper side of the labium are six very fine, sharp-pointed needles.

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

Unilabiate, ū-ni-lā′bi-āt, adj. having one lip or labium.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various