‖ submentum Entom.
(sʌbˈmɛntəm)
[mod.L.; see sub- 1 f.]
The basal part of the labium.
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 403 The submentum is not directly articulated with the cranial skeleton. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 141 The labium..consists (1) of a large basal sub-mentum..(2) a mentum; (3) of two three-jointed palpi..(4) a ligula. |