3.07.2010

mer·kin, pu·den·dum

–noun
false hair for the female pudenda.

Origin:
1610–20; orig. uncert.

pu·den·dum
[pyoo-den-duhm] 
–noun,plural-da [-duh] Usually, pudenda. Anatomy.
the external genital organs, esp. those of the female; vulva.

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

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