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English Dictionary: phallus by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phallus
n
  1. genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
    Synonym(s): Phallus, genus Phallus
  2. the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
    Synonym(s): penis, phallus, member
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phallus \Phal"lus\, n.; pl. {Phalli}. [L., a phallus (in sense
      1), Gr. [?].]
      1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in
            procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various
            ways.
  
      2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or
            primitive organ from which either may be derived.
  
      3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting
            odor; the stinkhorn.
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