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SCROTUM (scrota)

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

1. the external pouch that contains the testes

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

• SCROTUM (noun)

Sense 1

scrotum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The external pouch that contains the testes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))

Meronyms (parts of "scrotum"):

raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)

seminal duct (the efferent duct of the testis in man)

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

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

"Half a loaf is better than none."
(English proverb)
"There is no winter for who has remained in his mother's womb"
(Breton proverb)
"You can't get there from here."
(American proverb)
"An understanding person needs only half a word."
(Dutch proverb)

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