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Hope I'm not totally off form but parses please for
heathcliff67 @5 and dorrien @23

Also ginge @22, what is a preview 'function', please?

@5: plural of labrum, d'or.

Hi paulhabershon, if this site supported a preview "function" (including amend/discard) it would save posting a second time to advise ignoring the original post.

dorrien @ 23 - lab is an abbreviation for both labrador & laboratory.

Thanks, ginge @33.

Hi paulhabershon. Sorry for not responding sooner, only just looked at the forum.

Thank you to aristophanes for parsing the clue in my absence; I have nothing to add to his explanation. Much obliged!

Best wishes.

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