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CLITORIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female sexual organ homologous to the penis

Synonyms:

button; clit; clitoris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("clitoris" is a kind of...):

erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)

Meronyms (parts of "clitoris"):

glans clitoridis (small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris)

foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris)

Holonyms ("clitoris" is a part of...):

vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

Derivation:

clitoral; clitoric (of or relating to the clitoris)

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