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SCROTUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: scrota   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The external pouch that contains the testes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))

Meronyms (parts of "scrotum"):

raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)

seminal duct (the efferent duct of the testis in man)

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

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)

Derivation:

scrotal (relating to or having or lying within a scrotum)

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