mentum
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1. a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | body part, |
| definition | : | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| part meronym | : | orchid, orchidaceous plant, |
| definition | : | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (noun.plant) |
2. the protruding part of the lower jaw (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | feature, lineament, |
| definition | : | the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | buccula, double chin, |
| definition | : | a fold of fatty tissue under the chin (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | goatee, |
| definition | : | a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | face, human face, |
| definition | : | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear (noun.body) |
3. a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids (noun.plant)
| part meronym | : | orchid, orchidaceous plant, |
| definition | : | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (noun.plant) |
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