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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mentum  \Men"tum\,  n.  [L.,  chin.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  front  median  plate  of  the  labium  in  insects.  See 
  {Labium}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mentum 
  n  1:  a  projection  like  a  chin  formed  by  the  sepals  and  base  of 
  the  column  in  some  orchids 
  2:  the  protruding  part  of  the  lower  jaw  [syn:  {chin}] 
  3:  a  projection  below  the  mouth  of  certain  mollusks  that 
  resembles  a  chin 




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