labra
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Thomas was already playing with partially torn labra in both shoulders.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2020
He acknowledged the cold truths about torn labra: They can’t heal on their own, and most players who suffer similar ruptures end up on the operating table.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2019
First, they suggest that the anomalocaridid’s frontal appendages are analogous to the mouthparts, or labra, of arthropods.
From Nature • Jul. 15, 2014
Verily, a speech worthy of the orator and of those who sent him, similes habent labra lactucas.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
Nam quid ad haec Pueri vel labra genasve parentis?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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