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Vinony

vulva

noun

  1. external genital organs of the female mammal
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlvə/

noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).

  1. The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

    “The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.”

    “The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.”

  2. A protrusion on the side of a nematode.