Definition of labial

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Labial (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178..

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Labial :: Labial (a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe..
Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Labial :: Labial (n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Infralabial :: Infralabial (a.) Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
Labially :: Labially (adv.) In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips..
Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.
Palpus :: Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera..
Round :: Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Labial :: Labial (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178..
In- :: In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial..
Labialize :: Labialize (v. t.) To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
Labial :: Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins..
Dentilabial :: Dentilabial (a.) Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed..
Labial :: Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium..
Beard :: Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies..
Labiate :: Labiate (v. t.) To labialize.
Labipalpus :: Labipalpus (n.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
Labial :: Labial (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w..
Labial :: Labial (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w..
Dentilabial :: Dentilabial (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.
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