PHALLUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: phalli

Meaning:

The male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism)

Synonyms:

member; penis; phallus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)

Meronyms (parts of "phallus"):

glans penis (the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis)

vena bulbi penis (vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum)

urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)

foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis)

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

cock; dick; pecker; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)

micropenis; microphallus (an abnormally small penis)

Holonyms ("phallus" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

Derivation:

phallic (resembling or being a phallus)

phallic (relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power)

Meaning:

Genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

Synonyms:

genus Phallus; Phallus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Phallus"):

common stinkhorn; Phallus impudicus (a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism)

Phallus ravenelii (this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh)

Holonyms ("Phallus" is a member of...):

family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)