PENIS (penes)

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does penis mean? 

• PENIS (noun)
  The noun PENIS has 1 sense:

1. the male organ of copulation ('member' is a euphemism)

  Familiarity information: PENIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENIS (noun)

Meaning:

The male organ of copulation ('member' is a euphemism)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

penis; phallus; member

Hypernyms ("penis" is a kind of...):

erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)

Meronyms (parts of "penis"):

glans penis (the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis)

vena bulbi penis (vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum)

urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)

foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penis"):

cock; dick; pecker; peter; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)

micropenis; microphallus (an abnormally small penis)

Holonyms ("penis" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)