OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21075

vulva

/ˈvʌlvə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cashpeta • crica • pishura • vulva
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.
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.
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