Mentum
/ˈmɛn.təm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The chin.
- 2 a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin wordnet
- 3 A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks.
- 4 the protruding part of the lower jaw wordnet
- 5 The central part of the labium in insects.
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- 6 a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids wordnet
- 7 A projection in front of the flower in some orchids.
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Learned borrowing from Latin mentum (“the chin”). Doublet of menton.