mons
/mɑnz/
noun
- A rounded fleshy prominence over the pubic bones, especially the mons pubis.
- The doctor examined the mons for any signs of injury.
- The mons is covered with pubic hair after puberty.
- She felt a sharp pain in her mons after the fall.
- A mountain or hill on the moon or another celestial body (used in astronomy).
- The Apollo astronauts photographed several mons on the lunar surface.
- Mons Olympus on Mars is the largest volcano in the solar system.
- The telescope revealed a new mons near the moon's south pole.
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