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noun
The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: penile foreskin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The clitoral hood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clitoral hood, clitoral foreskin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: foreskin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin, tegument, cutis
noun
a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: foreskin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin, tegument, cutis
History
From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).
