- •pubes
- (L). The hair appearing at puberty; the pubes
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pubes — m. anat. Pelo del pubis. Medical Dictionary. 2011. pubes vello de la región pelviana … Diccionario médico
PUBES — apud Statium, l. 5. Sylv. 2. v. 68. Quem non corrumpit pubes effrena prima pubertas est. Hanc in venialibus servis quomodo averterint olim Manciparii, ut eos velut nondum puberes carius venderent, exponit Plin. l. 21. c. 26. Hyacinthus radix est… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Pubes — Pu bes, n. [L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from pubes adult.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty. (b) Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pubes — (n.) pubic hair, 1560s, from L. pubes (see PUBERTY (Cf. puberty)). In modern slang, a familiar shortening of pubic hairs … Etymology dictionary
pubes — (Del lat. pubes). m. Anat. pubis … Diccionario de la lengua española
Pubes — can refer to: *Pubic hair *The plural of pubis, part of the body in mammals … Wikipedia
Pubes — (lat.), 1) mannbar, männlich; 2) die äußern Genitalien; 3) die Gegend derselben; 4) die Schamhaare; 5) im Allgemeinen jeder haarige Überzug eines Pflanzentheils; daher Pubescens, weichhaarig, mit sehr kleinen, seinen, weißen od. dunklern Haaren… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pubes — (lat.), mannbar; substantivisch die Bart und Schamhaare als Zeichen der Mannbarkeit … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
pubes — index adult Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pubes — PÚBES s.n. v. pubis. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
pubes — [pju:bz] n [plural] informal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: adult stage, body hair, pubic area ] ↑pubic hair (=hair around the sexual organs) … Dictionary of contemporary English
