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SCROTUM
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Irregular inflected form: scrota
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The external pouch that contains the testes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scrotum" is a kind of...):
pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))
Meronyms (parts of "scrotum"):
raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)
seminal duct (the efferent duct of the testis in man)
Holonyms ("scrotum" is a part of...):
family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)
Derivation:
scrotal (relating to or having or lying within a scrotum)
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