/ English Dictionary

GENITALS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

External sex organ

Synonyms:

crotch; genital organ; genitalia; genitals; private parts; privates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genitals"):

pudendum (human external genital organs collectively especially of a female)

fanny; female genital organ; female genitalia; female genitals (external female sex organs)

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

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 Context examples: 

Exposing one's genitals to children or pressuring them for sex is sexual abuse.

(Child Sexual Abuse, NIH)

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