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Penis

//ˈpi.nɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the male sex organ wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

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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