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Vinony

penis

noun

  1. primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate sexually receptive mates
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.nɪs/ / [ˈpʰiː.nɪs] / /ˈpi.nɪs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnislbor. English penis Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis, from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”). First attested in the late 17th century. Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.

  1. 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).

    “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.”

  2. A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.