| 单词 |
clitoris |
| 释义 |
‖ clitoris Phys.|ˈklaɪtɒrɪs| [a. Gr. κλειτορίς, perh. f. κλεί-ειν to shut.] A homologue of the male penis, present, as a rudimentary organ, in the females of many of the higher vertebrata.
1615Crooke Body of Man 226 These Ligaments..do degenerate into a broad and sinewy slendernes..vppon which the Clitoris cleaueth and is tyed. Ibid. 238. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 216 Cutting the Clitoris..which is revera a little Yard. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 482/2 The clitoris is found in all the Carnivora. 1871Huxley Anat. Vert. An. 111 In some few mammals (e.g. the Lemuridæ) the clitoris is traversed by a urethral canal. |

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