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RIMA
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Irregular inflected form: rimae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rima" is a kind of...):
opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rima"):
mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)
pudendal cleavage; pudendal cleft; pudendal slit; rima pudendi; rima vulvae; urogenital cleft; vulvar slit (the fissure between the labia majora)
glottis vera; rima glottidis; rima vocalis; true glottis (the space between the two true vocal folds)
false glottis; glottis spuria; rima respiratoria; rima vestibuli (the opening between the false vocal folds)
