# Labium

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**Labium** is the Latin word for [lip](/source/Lip). In English, it may refer to:

- [Labium (botany)](/source/Labium_(botany)), a modified petal in certain monocot flowers, which attracts insects for pollination
- [Labium (arthropod mouthpart)](/source/Labium_(arthropod_mouthpart)), a mouthpart of arthropods (the lower "lip")
- [Labium (wasp)](/source/Labium_(wasp)), a genus of [wasps](/source/Wasp) in the subfamily [Labeninae](/source/Labeninae) of the family Ichneumonidae
- [Labium (wind instrument)](/source/Labium_(wind_instrument)), a part of wind instruments, such as the [flue pipe](/source/Flue_pipe) or the recorder; see [Recorder (musical instrument) § Basic sound production](/source/Recorder_(musical_instrument)#Basic_sound_production)

**Labia** is the plural of labium. It may refer to:

- [Labia](/source/Labia), a part of the vulva
- [Labia (earwig)](/source/Labia_(earwig)), a genus of earwigs in the family Labiidae
- [Fausta Labia](/source/Fausta_Labia) (1870–1935), Italian operatic soprano
- [Maria Labia](/source/Maria_Labia) (1880–1912), Italian operatic soprano, sister of Fausta
- [Labia family](/source/Labia_family), a noble family of Venice

## See also

- [Labial (disambiguation)](/source/Labial_(disambiguation))
- [Labrum (disambiguation)](/source/Labrum_(disambiguation))

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