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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Labium \La"bi*um\, noun; pl. L. {Labia}, E. {Labiums}. [L.]
1. A lip, or liplike organ.
2. The lip of an organ pipe.
3. pl. (Anat.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxill[ae], usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum). (b) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
labium
noun: any of the four lip-shaped folds of the female vulva [also: {labia} (pl)]
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