penis

Definition

The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).

Etymology

From late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“penis”). Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.

Example Sentences

• "The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis."
• "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."
• "The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time."

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