vulva
noun/ˈvʌlvə/
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).
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 247:
- 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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22:
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- Many of the less-sophisticated works are sexual in nature. Among the most common images are stylised vulvas, whole flocks of which appear on some cave walls.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 216:
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Biology, Natural sciences A protrusion on the side of a nematode.
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axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam, cooch, coochie, coochy, cookie, coot, cooter, crack, cunny, cunt, fanny, foo-foo, front bottom, fur burger, fur pie, gash, gee, girl penis, hair pie, ham sandwich, honey hole, it, kebab, kitty, ladybits, minge, minnie, moocha, mooshoo, mott, muff, muffin, na-na, nonny, nooky, noonie, old hat, pee flap, pee-pee, pink, poontang, prat, pudendum muliebre, punani, pussy, quaint, quiff, quim, rat, roast beef, scut, slit, slot, snatch, treasures, tuppence, twat, twinkle, vadge, vagina, vajay, va-jay-jay, vulva, wee-wee, yoni- Derived terms
- blue vulva, multivulva, vulva dentata, vulval, vulvaless, vulvar, vulvate, vulvectomy, vulvic, vulviform
- Related terms
- camel toe, moose knuckle
- Hypernyms
- genital tubercle, urogenital sinus, urogenital fold, labioscrotal swelling - embryological precursors, external genitalia
- Hyponyms
- jungle
- Meronyms
- labia, labia majora, labia minora, mons pubis, clitoris