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Definition of Submentum
1. n. The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.
Definition of Submentum
1. part of an insect's lower lip [n SUBMENTA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submentum
Literary usage of Submentum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The submentum. The basal part of the labium consists of two transverse ...
It is articulated to the cephalic border of the submentum, and is often so ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"The lorum is a peculiar piece, and its mechanical adaptations are very remarkable ;
usually the base of the submentum rests in the angle formed by the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1877)
"Submental suture straight; submentum with a very deep excavation, which ia almost
divided ... submentum less deeply impressed; eighth ventral not incised. ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"The submentum is a little wider than half its length, and on the whole is somewhat
narrowly ... In front of the submentum is the mentum (plate Ixi, fig. ..."
5. New Mallophaga by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Robert E. Snodgrass (1896)
"The submentum is a little wider than half its length, and on the whole is somewhat
narrowly ... In front of the submentum is the mentum (plate Ixi, fig. ..."
6. California Water Birds by Leverett Mills Loomis (1897)
"The submentum is a little wider than half its length, and on the whole is somewhat
narrowly ... In front of the submentum is the mentum (plate Ixi, fig. ..."
7. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"It is articulated to the cephalic border of the submentum, and is often so slightly
developed that it is concealed by the ..."
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