Penis
//ˈpi.nɪs// noun
noun ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
"The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis."
- 2 the male sex organ wordnet
- 3 A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.
Example
More examples"The penis is one of the male reproductive organs."
Etymology
From late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”). Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.
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