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plural clitorises or clitorides
(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and mammals, homologous with the penis. quotations examples
Juſt before them, towards the upper Part of the C—t, is a Thing they call Clitoris, which, is a little like a Man's P—k, for it will ſwell, and ſtand like his […] .
1740, anonymous author, A Dialogue Between a Lady and a Maid
The average infant clitoris, when measured from the base of the shaft to the top of the glans, is about 4 or 5 millimeters, the height of a pencil eraser.
1999, Natalie Angier, Woman: An Intimate Geography, page 65
(ornithology) A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female ratites.