pizzle

pizzle
/piz"euhl/, n.
1. the penis of an animal, esp. a bull.
2. a whip made from a bull's pizzle.
[1515-25; prob. < dial. D pezel or LG pesel, equiv. to MD, MLG pes(e) (D pees) tendon, sinew + -el dim. suffix; see -LE]

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