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(1):

(n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.

(2):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.

(3):

(a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.

(4):

(n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.

(5):

(n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

(6):

(a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.

(7):

(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.

(8):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.