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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn: penis, phallus, member]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural penises; also penes) Etymology: Latin, penis, tail; akin to Old High German faselt penis, Greek peos Date: 1668 a male organ of copulation that in male mammals including humans usually functions as the channel by which urine leaves the body

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. penises or penes) 1 the male organ of copulation and (in mammals) urination. 2 the male copulatory organ in lower vertebrates. Etymology: L, = tail, penis

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Penis Pe"nis (p[=e]"n[i^]s), n. [L.] (Anat.) The male member, or organ of generation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(penises) A man's penis is the part of his body that he uses when urinating and when having sex. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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