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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural clitorises; also clitorides) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kleitoris Date: 1615 a small erectile organ at the anterior or ventral part of the vulva homologous to the penis • clitoral also clitoric adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a small erectile part of the female genitals at the upper end of the vulva. Derivatives: clitoral adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk kleitoris

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clitoris Cli"to*ris (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to shut up. It is concealed by the labia pudendi.] (Anat.) A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clitorises) The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia, genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, phallus, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, uterus, vagina, vulva, womb, yoni