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Pri⋅a⋅pus

  [prahy-ey-puhs]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
2. (lowercase) a phallus.
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pri·a·pus   (prī-ā'pəs)   
n.  

  1. Priapus Greek & Roman Mythology The god of procreation, guardian of gardens and vineyards, and personification of the erect phallus.

  2. An image of this god, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.

  3. A representation of a phallus.


[Latin Priāpus, from Greek Priāpos.]
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