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PHALLUS
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Irregular inflected form: phalli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phallus" is a kind of...):
erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)
Meronyms (parts of "phallus"):
glans penis (the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis)
vena bulbi penis (vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum)
urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)
foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phallus"):
cock; dick; pecker; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)
micropenis; microphallus (an abnormally small penis)
Holonyms ("phallus" is a part of...):
male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)
family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)
Derivation:
phallic (resembling or being a phallus)
phallic (relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
Synonyms:
genus Phallus; Phallus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phallus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Phallus"):
common stinkhorn; Phallus impudicus (a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism)
Phallus ravenelii (this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh)
Holonyms ("Phallus" is a member of...):
family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)
