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Phalli

Phallus \Phal"lus\, n.; pl. Phalli. [L., a phallus (in sense 1), Gr. ?.]

  1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

  2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.

  3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.

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phalli

n. (plural of phallus English)

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Usage examples of "phalli".

I was talking about this room, and what it housed during my father's occupancy: the phalli, the scroll, the horse's skull.

The tenant sat in his doorway, and the driver thundered his engine and started off, tracks falling and curving, harrows combing, and the phalli of the seeder slipping into the ground.