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Webster 1913 Edition

Submentum

Sub-men′tum

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Noun.

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pl.

Submenta

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[NL. See

, and

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(Zool.)

The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.

Definition 2024

submentum

submentum

English

Noun

submentum ‎(plural submenta)

(zoology) The basal part of the labium of insects, which bears the mentum.