Penis meaning

pē'nĭs
The definition of a penis is a male genital organ.

An example of penis is a male genital organ used for sex and urination.

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The male organ of copulation in higher vertebrates. In mammals, it also serves as the male organ of urinary excretion.
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Any of various copulatory organs in males of lower animals.
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(anatomy) The male sexual organ for copulation and urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).

The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.

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A similar organ found in the males of some invertebrate animals.
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Any of various copulatory organs in males of lower animals.
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The male organ of sexual intercourse: in mammals it is also the organ through which urine is excreted.
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The male organ of copulation in higher vertebrates. In mammals, it also serves as the male organ of urinary excretion.
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The male reproductive organ of mammals and some reptiles and birds. In mammals, the penis contains the urethra, which carries urine from the bladder and releases sperm during reproduction.
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Origin of penis

From Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-. Displaced native English pintle.

Sentence Examples

  • The penis is very large, cylindrical, with a truncated, expanded, flattened termination.

  • The penis, and its much reduced vestige of the female, is developed from the ventral wall of the proctodaeum.

  • The skin of the penis forms a fold which covers the glans and is known as the prepuce or foreskin; when this is drawn back a median fold, the frenuluni praeputii, is seen running to just below the meatus.

  • Insemination takes place either by the introduction of the penis into the cloaca of the female, or by the puncture of the bodywall of the female by the penis, and the injection of the sperm into the body cavity, whence the single spermatozoa must make their way to the eggs.

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