单词 | os penis |
释义 | os penisn. Zoology. A heterotopic bone present in the penis of many mammals. Also called penis bone, baculum. ΚΠ 1875 J. W. Powell Explor. Colorado River (Smithsonian Inst.) iii. xiii. 254 The os penis is a slender, sharp spicule, clubbed at base, tapering and slightly curved, nearly three-quarters of an inch long. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 355/2 There are also certain bones called splanchnic... Such are the os cordis and os penis found in some mammals. 1964 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 7) II. 75 The os penis..arises as a rod- or plate-like bone (of very variable form) in the fibrous septum dividing the corpora cavernosa. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vii. 199 A baculum (os priapi, os penis..) is a heterotopic bone. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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