glans penis

Noun

glans penis (plural glans penises or glandes penis or glandes penium or (misconstruction) glans penes or (misconstruction) glandes penes)

1. A conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis.
   • Coordinate term: glans clitoridis
   • The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality. Its protruding head, probably because of a resemblance to the glans penis, was looked upon as a phallic symbol.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 31

   Synonyms:

   penile glans, bell-end, cockhead, cue ball, dickhead, dome, head, helmet, knob, knobhead