glans

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  1. noun The glans penis.
  2. noun The glans clitoridis.

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  • His leap carried him outside the ring of his foes to where Arus had bent over to recock his crossbow. —  Conan
  • A strange familiarity about the recumbent figure, which lay face down, stirred Murilo with inexplicable and monstrous conjectures. —  Conan
  • Intervention, Horton Flanders had said, rocking on the porch. —  Ring Around the Sun
  • Thank God that no one had thought to connect him with the car. —  Ring Around the Sun
  • He thought his heart would stop when a voice hissed in a barbaric accent: "Murilo! —  Conan
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin glāns, gland-, acorn, glans (from its shape).

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  1. Latin, an acorn: see gland.
 

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