mer·kin, pu·den·dum

–noun

false hair for the female pudenda.

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Origin:
1610–20; orig. uncert.

pu·den·dum

 /pyuˈdɛndəm/ Show Spelled[pyoo-den-duhm] 

–noun,plural-da  /-də/ Show Spelled[-duh] Usually, pudenda. Anatomy.

the external genital organs, esp. those of the female; vulva.

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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL, special use of neut. of L pudendus, gerundive of pudēre to be ashamed