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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

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Etymology

Origin of pubes

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

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Example Sentences

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pubes

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

Virgil's lines are no less picturesque;168 and though he does not mention the pagus, he is clearly thinking of a lustratio in which more than one familia takes part— cuncta tibi Cererem pubes agrestis adoret.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

The adductor longus may be ruptured, or torn from the pubes, by a violent effort to adduct the limb.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

In the neck, axilla, and pubes a diffuse overgrowth of the subcutaneous fat is sometimes met with, forming symmetrical tumour-like masses, known as diffuse lipoma.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

There was some hair in the axillae and on the pubes, but only the slightest down on the scalp, and even that was absent on the skin.

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

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