PHALLUS (phalli)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: phalli   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phallus mean? 

• PHALLUS (noun)
  The noun PHALLUS has 2 senses:

1. genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

2. the male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism)

  Familiarity information: PHALLUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHALLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phallus; Phallus

Hypernyms ("Phallus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Phallus"):

common stinkhorn; Phallus impudicus (a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism)

Phallus ravenelii (this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh)

Holonyms ("Phallus" is a member of...):

family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

member; penis; phallus

Hypernyms ("phallus" is a kind of...):

erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)

Meronyms (parts of "phallus"):

glans penis (the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis)

vena bulbi penis (vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum)

urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)

foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phallus"):

cock; dick; pecker; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)

micropenis; microphallus (an abnormally small penis)

Holonyms ("phallus" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)

Derivation:

phallic (resembling or being a phallus)

phallic (relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power)