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podex

podex noun: the anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.

Noun

podex (plural podexes or podices)

  1. (rare) The anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.
    • If these native babes went around with their podexes exposed they wouldn't have any because the mosquitoes would eat them off.1953, Jack Woodford, Writer's Cramp, page 35
  2. (rare) The rear end of any animal.
    • Ligament which stretches over the surface of the uterus, running obliquely from the podex to the raceme.1942, Fabricius (ab Aquapendente), Howard Bernhardt Adelmann (translator), The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (page 229)

Forms of podex

pluralpodexes
pluralpodices

Origin of podex

Borrowed from Latin pōdex.

Questions about podex

What does podex mean?
Podex means the anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.
What part of speech is podex?
Podex is a noun.
What is the plural of podex?
The plural of podex is podexes.

Words near podex in the dictionary

  1. Podeswas
  2. podetia
  3. podetial
  4. podetiiform
  5. podetium
  6. podex
  7. podexes
  8. podfading
  9. podfic
  10. podficcer
  11. podficcers

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