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vulval

UK/ˈvʌlvəl/

vulval adjective: of or pertaining to the vulva.

Adjective

vulval (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the vulva.
    • In John and Salomé, Salomé's nipples are angry blossoms, her black navel vulval, tendrilous, vaguely insectimorphic.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
    • Pythagoras, she suggests, venerated three-sided figures for their vaginal symbolism; Upper Palaeolithic dips in rock are chipped away by cavemen into vulval icons.2003, Jenny Diski, “It's so beautiful”, in London Review of Books, XXV.22

Origin of vulval

From vulva + -al.

Words formed from vulval

Phrases with vulval

Questions about vulval

What does vulval mean?
Vulval means of or pertaining to the vulva.
What part of speech is vulval?
Vulval is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vulval?
Vulval is pronounced /ˈvʌlvəl/ (UK).

Words near vulval in the dictionary

  1. Vulturu
  2. vulva
  3. vulva dentata
  4. vulvae
  5. vulvaed
  6. vulval
  7. vulval vestibule
  8. vulval vestibules
  9. vulvaless
  10. vulvalike
  11. vulvar

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