glans

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Singular
glans

Plural
glans or glandes

glans (plural glans or glandes)

  1. The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis.
  2. The vascular body which forms the extremity of the clitoris.
  3. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
  4. A goiter.
  5. A pessary.
  6. (rare) Plural form of glans.

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glans m. (no plural, diminutive glansje)

  1. Glistening, shimmer, shine.
  2. (optics) gloss

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glāns (genitive glāndis); f, third declension

  1. acorn, nut
  2. a round mass the size and shape of an acorn.

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Number Singular Plural
nominative glāns glāndēs
genitive glāndis glāndum
dative glāndī glāndibus
accusative glāndem glāndēs
ablative glānde glāndibus
vocative glāns glāndēs

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