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noun a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids
noun the protruding part of the lower jaw
noun a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin
originLearned borrowing from Latin mentum (“the chin”). Doublet of menton.
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