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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek kleitoris

clitoris

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
clit‧o‧ris [countable]
HBH a small part of a woman's outer sexual organs, where she can feel sexual pleasure
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