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FAMILY JEWELS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

External male sex organs

Synonyms:

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("family jewels" is a kind of...):

crotch; genital organ; genitalia; genitals; private parts; privates (external sex organ)

Meronyms (parts of "family jewels"):

scrotum (the external pouch that contains the testes)

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

male reproductive gland (the reproductive organs of a man)

member; penis; phallus (the male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism))

Holonyms ("family jewels" is a part of...):

male body (the body of a male human being)

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

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