rima

Other forms: rimas; rimae

Definitions of rima

1. noun

   a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts
   types:

   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

   cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap, yap

   informal terms for the mouth

   type of:

   opening, orifice, porta

   an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity