clitoris
noun
cli·to·ris
ˈkli-tə-rəs 
kli-ˈtȯr-əs
kli-ˈtȯr-əs
plural clitorises also clitorides
kli-ˈtȯr-ə-ˌdēz
: a female erogenous organ that consists of an externally visible, highly innervated small conical structure or glans that lies at the anterior junction of the labia minora above the urethral opening and is continuous internally with a short body of paired cylinders of vascular, erectile tissue which branch into curved extensions or crura attaching to the undersurface of the pubic bones and with two elongated masses of erectile tissue situated near each side of the vaginal and urethral openings
Note: The clitoris develops from the same embryonic mass of tissue as the penis.
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clitoris
noun
cli·to·ris
ˈklit-ə-rəs
kli-ˈtȯr-əs
kli-ˈtȯr-əs
plural clitorises also clitorides
kli-ˈtȯr-ə-ˌdēz
: a small structure in the sex organs of the female mammal that corresponds to the penis in the male
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clitoris
noun
cli·to·ris
ˈklit-ə-rəs
kli-ˈtȯr-əs
kli-ˈtȯr-əs
plural clitorises also clitorides
kli-ˈtȯr-ə-ˌdēz
: a female erogenous organ that consists of an externally visible, highly innervated small conical structure or glans that lies at the anterior junction of the labia minora above the urethral opening and is continuous internally with a short body of paired cylinders of vascular, erectile corpus cavernosum tissue which branch into curved extensions or crura attaching to the pubic arch and with two elongated masses of erectile tissue (the bulb of the vestibule) situated near each side of the vaginal and urethral openings
Note: The clitoris develops from the same embryonic mass of tissue as the penis.
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