frenulum

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1. A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.

   Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.

2. Such a ridge of tissue connecting the foreskin to the glans on the underside of the penis; the penile frenulum.
3. A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings.