phallus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: phal=lus

CIDE DICTIONARY

phallus, n. [L., a phallus (in sense 1), Gr. .].

•  The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.  [1913 Webster]
•  The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.  [1913 Webster]
•  A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

phallus, n. (pl. phalli or phalluses)
1 the (esp. erect) penis.
2 an image of this as a symbol of generative power in nature.

Derivative

phallicism n. phallism n.

Etymology

LL f. Gk phallos

THESAURUS

phallus

bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia, genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, uterus, vagina, vulva, womb, yoni