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member
A	noun
	1	penis, phallus, member
				the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚organ ╚erectile organ ╚penis, phallus, member ╚micropenis; microphallus ╚cock; prick; dick; shaft; pecker; peter; tool; putz
	2	extremity, appendage, member
				an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚external body part ╚extremity, appendage, member ╚digit; dactyl ╚vertebrate foot; pedal extremity ╚limb ╚swimmeret; pleopod ╚fin ╚parapodium ╚claw; chela; nipper; pincer ╚mouthpart ╚chelicera
	3	member
				an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit; social unit ╚member
	4	member
				one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚peer; equal; match; compeer ╚associate ╚member ╚joiner ╚inductee ╚huddler ╚homegirl ╚homeboy ╚council member; councillor ╚committee member ╚commissioner ╚charter member ╚cabalist ╚brother ╚Areopagite
	5	member
				anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚member

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