Topic: Tag alias: prepuce -> foreskin

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

As I understand foreskin is used for human foreskin
But there are (perhaps rarely known) animals (such as the spotted_hyena and I might assume other hyaenids but I'm only aware from researching spotted hyena) which have prepuce rather than a sheath on their non-hybrid anatomically_correct_penises, which to my knowledge don't connect to the penis itself in the same configuration as a humanoid foreskin.

magnuseffect said:
As I understand foreskin is used for human foreskin
But there are (perhaps rarely known) animals (such as the spotted_hyena and I might assume other hyaenids but I'm only aware from researching spotted hyena) which have prepuce rather than a sheath on their non-hybrid anatomically_correct_penises, which to my knowledge don't connect to the penis itself in the same configuration as a humanoid foreskin.

The issue is that it becomes a sort of meaningless salad word because sheaths are ostensibly foreskins. But foreskins are not sheaths. But all sheaths and all foreskins are prepuce, posthion notwithstanding.
Maybe an umbrella tag for all sheath/foreskin posts? But what purpose would it serve?

according to wikipedia prepuce seems to not only refer to human style foreskin but also to the penile sheath and even to the clitoral hood, it should probably be invalidated or disambiguated instead.

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