vulva
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 5
Definition of vulva
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
“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.”
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noun
-
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.”
“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.”
- A protrusion on the side of a nematode.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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