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Added 9 October 2026

vulva

/ˈvʌlvə/ noun

In Latin: muliebria, pudenda, vāgīna Wiktionary

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The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).

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