Mons pubis
In
human anatomy, the
mons veneris (latin,
mound of Venus), is the soft mound of flesh just over the
vulva in
females (more generally in mammals it is called the
mons pubis), raised above the surrounding area due to a pad of
fat lying just beneath it. After
puberty it is normally covered with
pubic hair to a greater or lesser extent. The
labia majora or large lips extend on either side of the vulva, and may also be covered with pubic hair.
The title of John Cleland's erotic classic, Fanny Hill, or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is a punning reference to this anatomical feature: 'Fanny' being a UK English slang term for the vulva.