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labial

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labial
—labiality, n. —labially, adv.
/lay"bee euhl/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a labium.
2. of or pertaining to the lips.
3. Phonet. involving lip articulation, as p, v, m, w, or a rounded vowel.
4. Music. having the tones produced by the impact of a stream of air on a sharp liplike edge, as in a flute or the flue pipes of an organ.
n. Phonet.
5. any labial consonant, esp. a bilabial.
6. any labial sound.
[1585-95; < ML labialis. See LABIUM, -AL1]

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