vagina

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To top this off, that ineluctably female part of the female anatomy, the vagina, is masculine.

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  1. noun Anatomy The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
  2. noun Anatomy A similar part in some invertebrates.
  3. noun Botany A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.

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  1. Latin vāgīna, sheath.

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  1. = French vagin, from New Latin vagina, from Latin vagina, a sheath, covering, sheath of a scabbard, ear of grain, etc., hull, husk, vagina.
 

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/vəˈdʒaɪnə/
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