clitoris (plural, clitorides; adjective, clitoral or clitoridean): the small, hooded organ (the clitoral glans) at the top of the cleft of the
female vulva, which is the counterpart of the penis in the male [from Greek,
kleitoris, clitoris]. Usually only the glans of the clitoris is externally visible. In the human female the body of the clitoris extends internally on either side of the
vulva and
vestibule. In total the clitoris is about 80 percent the size of the male penis. In the rat, mouse, and hamster, the clitoris is not hooded, but its covering is fused as in the male's penis to form a urinary tube.
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