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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: human external genital organs collectively especially of a female

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural pudenda) Etymology: New Latin, singular of Latin pudenda, from neuter plural of pudendus, gerundive of pud?re to be ashamed Date: 1634 the external genital organs of a human being and especially of a woman — usually used in plural • pudendal adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. pudenda) (usu. in pl.) the genitals, esp. of a woman. Derivatives: pudendal adj. pudic adj. Etymology: L pudenda (membra parts), neut. pl. of gerundive of pudere be ashamed

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pudendum Pu*den"dum, n. [NL. See Pudenda.] (Anat.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.