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penis

[pee-nis] / ˈpi nɪs /
NOUN
male sexual organ
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The Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine protects against types of HPV that can cause cancers of the mouth, throat, vulva, vagina, penis and anus.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

She leads nutrition education at the Feed Real Institute, an online certificate program founded in 2015 by Balaram, who also runs a company that sells air-dried dog treats like bull penis and rabbit feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

To determine the order in which they would skydive from helicopters, the celebrities were told to drink cocktails of blended bull penis and fish eyes with a garnish made from vomit fruit.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

The conditions include the removal of breasts for transgender men, the removal of the penis and testes for transgender women, and having undergone continuous hormonal treatment for at least two years before applying.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Since my last visit, a nurse had inserted a catheter into his penis, which drew the urine out through a tube and into a bag that sat at the foot of his chair.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

Lower left: “Ex Tabella / a Paulo Calliari Verons. / depicta penes J: Smith Ven / J: B: Jackson Del Sculp & excud / 1741.”

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen

We really have no authority to which we can confidently appeal, except the usage of good society: "Quem penes arbitrium est, et jus et norma loquendi."

From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

Received from Mr. James of Dunekier eighty pund sexteen shilling six penes Scots in full of the within account depussd by me.

From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae

Chronicle of England, penes John Clerk, esq. advocate.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott

Silverwood, mentioned in this ballad, occurs in a medley MS. song, which seems to have been copied from the first edition of the Aberdeen Cantus, penes John G. Dalyell, Esq. advocate.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

Snake penises - hemipenes - have been studied for decades.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

“Any kid can have any type of body,” the presentation states, adding that boys can have vulvas and girls can have penises.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

Some are raised solely for skins, bones, teeth, claws and penises that can eventually be funneled into the wildlife trade, Banks says.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2018

I started going to twee pet shops for cow tracheae, bull penises and limited-ingredient-grain-free-single-source kibble.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018

Smith mentions a man who had two penises and two bladders, on one of which lithotomy was performed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle




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