genitalia

Etymology

From Latin genitalia, substantive use of plural of genitalis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).

noun

  1. External sex organs.
    The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female genitalia is what lures Enkidu away from his wild companions into what becomes the beginning of his movement into human society. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189
  2. (by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal.

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