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n. - A part of the female anatomy.

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Usage examples (11)
  • My favourite plurals are irides - for iris - and clitorides, similarly formed lexically if not anatomically.
  • Haller alludes to several cases in which prolonged clitorides have been the cause of the anomaly.
  • Boogere has picked up anecdotal evidence of trafficking in cut clitorides for witchcraft in Cote d 'Ivoire.
  • Aetius and Paulus Aegineta speak of females in Egypt with prolonged clitorides which made them appear like hermaphrodites.
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