vulva

plural vulvas · plural vulvae · plural vulvæ

1. anatomyThe external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

   The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 247

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   The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22

   Many of the less-sophisticated works are sexual in nature. Among the most common images are stylised vulvas, whole flocks of which appear on some cave walls.

   2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 216

2. biologyA protrusion on the side of a nematode.