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labial tubercle (medicine) and cockchafer (sh)


labial tubercle (medicine)


labial tubercle


The slight projection on the free edge of the centre of the upper lip at the lower extent of the philtrum.

Synonym: tuberculum labii superioris, procheilon, prochilon, tubercle of upper lip.


cockchafer (sh)




Large European beetle (Melolontha melolontha) that damages foliage, flowers, and fruit as an adult and plant roots as a larva.

In Britain, the name refers more broadly to any of the beetles in this subfamily (Melolonthinae), which are known in North America as June beetles. See also chafer, scarab beetle.