Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COWPER'S GLANDS
Cow "per's glands ` (kou "prz glndz `). Etym: [After the discoverer, William Cowper, an English surgeon. ] (Anat. )
Defn: Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Cowper, William
Cow per, William |ˈko͞opər, ˈko͝opər, ˈkoupər ˈkaʊpər | (1731 –1800 ), English poet, noted for the poem The Task (1785 ) and for the comic ballad John Gilpin (1782 ).
Cowper's gland
Cow per's gland |ˈkoupərz, ˈko͞opərz, ˈko͝opərz ˈkaʊpərz ɡlænd | ▶noun Anatomy either of a pair of small glands that open into the urethra at the base of the penis and secrete a constituent of seminal fluid. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after William Cowper (1666 –1709 ), English anatomist.
Oxford Dictionary
Cowper, William
Cowper, William |ˈkuːpə | (1731 –1800 ), English poet, best known for his long poem The Task (1785 ) and the comic ballad John Gilpin (1782 ). In 1779 he wrote Olney Hymns with the evangelical minister John Newton (1725 –1807 ).
Cowper's gland
Cow ¦per's gland |ˈkaʊpəzɡland | ▶noun Anatomy either of a pair of small glands which open into the urethra at the base of the penis and secrete a constituent of seminal fluid. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after William Cowper (1666 –1709 ), English anatomist.
Duden Dictionary
Cowper
Cow per Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈka͜upɐ |nach dem englischen Ingenieur Cowper Winderhitzer für Hochöfen
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