bil (bil)

[Also called billard and billet; origin obscure; perhaps connected with billet2, a stick or club. A local English name of the coal-fish, Poll a chi us virens. bilabe (bi'lab), n. [L. bi-, two-, + labium, lip.] In surg., an instrument for removing small foreign bodies from the bladder through the urethra. bilabiate (bi-lā'bi-āt), a. [ 2. In conch., having the outer lip doubled by a thickening behind the margin or true lip. bilabiation (bi-la-bi-a's hon), n. [ Bilabiate Calyx and Corolla of Salvia (sage). IMG:content-2052.png:[blocks in formation]