pubes

¹ American  

[pyoo-beez] / ˈpyu biz /

noun

Anatomy.

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] / ˈpyu 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

Etymology

Origin of pubes

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

Example Sentences

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The rent in the peritoneum is situated at the upper and front part of the pelvis, nearer to the sacrum than the pubes.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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 Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Fur chocolate brown above, lighter on head and neck; beneath dark brown with lighter tips on the pubes, and along the thighs dirty white or pale buff.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage