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noun
Pubes  n.  
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.
(b)
Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.
2.
(Bot.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.





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... ilia are long and narrow, while in most species the pubes of opposite sides are loosely united in front in males, and widely separated in females; in the Rhinolophidae alone they form a symphysis. Only in the Molossinae is there a well-developed fibula; in the rest ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various
... change associated with puberty is the growth of hair on the pubes and on the face: in this latter situation ...
— Youth and Sex • Mary Scharlieb and F. Arthur Sibly


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