labia major

English

Noun

labia major pl (plural only)

1. (anatomy) The labia majora.
   • 1981, Angela Carter, “The Sweet Sell of Romance”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 575:

     Billie's own well-developed clitoris ‘pouts’ through her labia major in a manner which, in the real world, usually belongs only to the female orang-utan.

   • 2002, Ethel Sloane, Biology of Women, 4th edition, Delmar, page 31:

     Extending down from the mons pubis are two longitudinal folds of skin, narrowing to enclose the vulvar cleft, and meeting posteriorly in the perineum, that area of skin between the junction of the labia major and the anus.