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• plural of pubis.

pubes

¹ American  

[pyoo-beez] / ˈpju biz /

noun

Anatomy.

• pubes
  plural

1. the lower part of the abdomen, especially the region between the right and left iliac regions.

2. the hair appearing on the lower part of the abdomen at puberty.

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pubes ² American  

[pyoo-beez] / ˈpju biz /

noun

1. plural of pubis.

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pubes British  

/ ˈpjuːbiːz /

noun

1. the region above the external genital organs, covered with hair from the time of puberty

2. the pubic bones

3. the plural of pubis

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plural noun

1. informal pubic hair

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pubes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pubes

First recorded in 1560–70, pubes is from the Latin word pūbēs adulthood, pubic hair, groin

Example Sentences

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But another tells a different tale; one where he went home, used this device to clear the pubes out of his shower, and remained perfectly happy.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2016

In connection with the leaping habit, the ilia are greatly elongated, and the pubes and ischia much reduced.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Examination showed an inflamed uterus, filling not only the true pelvis, and interfering with urination and defecation, but the enlarged uterus perceptible through the thick abdominal walls above the pubes.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

The patient, it appears, had a large exostosis on the body of the pubes which, during parturition, was forced through the walls of the uterus and bladder, resulting in death.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

The prepubic bones may also be developed in Iguanodon, in which a pair of bones of similar form remains throughout life in advance of the pubes, as in Pterodactyles.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley