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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

The gruesome trials often require celebrities to eat delicacies like kangaroo anus, crocodile penis and sheep semen, or be trapped with creatures such as snakes, cockroaches and rats.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

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

Webster’s had said that hypospadias was an abnormality of the penis.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Cradock—I should like to know whether the MSS. of Randle Holme, of Chester, 1670, which afterwards were penes Dr. Latham, are still accessible?

From Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 by Various

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

This account of the Greene family is stated in a note to have been taken from a fine pedigree on vellum, penes T. Wotton, Gent.

From Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 by Various

Vol. i., p. 200., reference is made to "a fine Pedigree on vellum, of the Greene family, penes T. Wotton, Esq."

From Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850 by Various

And every city of the Roman empire could testify to the truth of what he added: “Sed vobis maximum discrimen penes quos aurum et opes, præcipuæ bellorum causæ.”

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

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

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

Sometimes I’ll say things like, “Yes dear, some people have clitorises and other people have penises, like Daddy.”

From Slate Sep. 21, 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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