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Definition of Mentum
1. Noun. A projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids.
2. Noun. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
Terms within: Goatee
Specialized synonyms: Buccula, Double Chin
Group relationships: Face, Human Face
Generic synonyms: Feature, Lineament
3. Noun. A projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin.
Definition of Mentum
1. n. The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
Definition of Mentum
1. Noun. (anatomy) The chin. ¹
2. Noun. (context: malacology) A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mentum
1. the chin [n -TA]
Medical Definition of Mentum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentum
Literary usage of Mentum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1890)
"scape, sepals short thick spreading from the base tomentose on both surfaces,
mentum 0, lip small sessile entire orbicular or subcordate, Gen. af Sp. Orchid ..."
2. A Grammar of the Latin Language from Plautus to Seutonius by Henry John Roby (1876)
"3); 18va-mentum, a relief (Mva-re); 10-mentum, a wash (lav-are); ... sar-mentum,
a vine pruning, ie a branch requiring to be pruned off (sarp-6re, ..."
3. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"... and commented on by Aulus Gellius (xviii. 5 ; cf. Non. 106. 24 M.). § 30.
Neuters in -mentum. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"C. Bart of Li- cinius II. to the right, laureated, with po/uV mentum and cuirass.
lier. Same legend and type. In the field to left Ф . In the ..."
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