scrotal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈskɹoʊtəl/ (General-American)
- /ˈskɹəʊtəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin scrōtālis. Equivalent to scrotum + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the scrotum.
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(not-comparable) Having a visible scrotum.
Male maturity is evident from descent of the testes; adult males are scrotal year-round, whereas subadult males are partially or nonscrotal.
2008, Melissa A. Hillegass et al., “The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel”, in Behavioral Ecology, volume 19, number 5, →DOI, pages 1006–1011:
Deriveds
perineoscrotal · penoscrotal · ascrotal · scrotal sac · intrascrotal · nonscrotal · abdominoscrotal
Translations (17)
ru мошо́ночный (scrotal) · ckb گوندێنی (scrotal) · de skrotal (scrotal) · ar صَفَنِيٌّ (scrotal) · es escrotal (scrotal) · ca escrotal (scrotal) · sl skrotálen (scrotal) · sh скро̀та̄лан (scrotal) · pl mosznowy (scrotal) · sh skròtālan (scrotal) · fr scrotal (scrotal) · pt escrotal (scrotal) · it scrotale (scrotal) · fi kivespussi- (scrotal) · ur صفنی (scrotal) · ru скротальный (scrotal) · ro scrotal (scrotal)