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clitoris
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clit·o·ris  (kltr-s, kl-tôrs, kltr-s)
n.
A small elongated erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva, homologous with the penis.

[New Latin cltoris, from Greek kleitoris; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

clito·ral (-r-l) adj.

clitoris [klit-or-riss]
Noun
a small sexually sensitive organ at the front of the vulva [Greek kleitoris]
clitoral adj

clitoris  (kltr-s, kl-tôrs)
A sensitive external organ of the reproductive system in female mammals and some other animals that is capable of becoming erect. It is located above or in front of the urethra.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clitorisclitoris - a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
glans clitoridis - small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris
vulva - external parts of the female genitalia
erectile organ - an organ containing erectile tissue
foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
Translations

clitoris [ˈklɪtərɪs] nKlitoris f

clitoris
n clitoris [ˈklitəris]
female genital organ. kittelaar, klitoris عُضْو المَرأه التَّناسُلي клитор poštěváček klitoris die Klitoris κλειτορίδα clítoris kliitor, kõdisti کلیتوریس؛ خروسه clitoris דַגדֵגָן भग-शिश्न, भगनासा klitoris csikló kelentit clitoride (女性の)陰核 klitoris, varputė klitors, kuteklis kelentit klompendans klitoris łechtaczka клитор klitoris klitoris klitoris klitoris คลิทอริส klitoris, bızır 陰蒂 клітор عورتوں کا ایک جنسی عضو âm vật


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On another mountain you might see women from a neighboring oppressive culture excising the clitorises and labia of their daughters.
The blade represents the institution of patriarchy, and though it actually cuts - severs - the trees' bodies, much like those blades which remove women's clitorises, the hands that hold it, that maintain it are themselves trees, women who are gears in the political machinery of patriarchy.
Ecdysiasm, 1992, describes the impulse to disrobe in public, using overlapping images of aberrant enlarged labia and phalliform clitorises.
 
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