vulva

(Engels)

  1. The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
  2. A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈvʌlvə/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba, “womb”).

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