plural penises also penes
ˈpē-(ˌ)nēz
: a male copulatory and erogenous organ that is typically cylindrical in shape and that in mammals is usually suspended from the pubis, has two large lateral columns of vascular, erectile tissue with a smaller central column of erectile tissue surrounding the urethra through which urine and semen pass, and has a terminal glans sheathed by a foreskin
Note: The penis develops from the same embryonic mass of tissue as the clitoris.
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