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Mons veneris



         


In human anatomy, the mons veneris (latin, mound of Venus), is the soft mound of flesh just over the vulva in females (more generally in mammals it is called the mons pubis), raised above the surrounding area due to a pad of fat lying just beneath it. After puberty it is normally covered with pubic hair to a greater or lesser extent. The labia majora or large lips extend on either side of the vulva, and may also be covered with pubic hair.

The title of John Cleland's erotic classic, Fanny Hill, or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is a punning reference to this anatomical feature: 'Fanny' being a British English slang term for the vulva.

The aesthetic structure created by the crease-like indentation of of the vulva into the mons veneris, is sometimes referred to as a "cameltoe", due to its visual similarity to the area between a camel's toes.






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