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oviduct
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oviduct has 1 sense
- oviduct(n = noun.body) fallopian tube, uterine tube - either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus; Array is a kind of salpinx, female internal reproductive organ
is a part of female reproductive system, uterus, womb
CIDE DICTIONARY
oviduct, n. [Ovum + duct: cf. F. oviducte.].
A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oviduct, n. the tube through which an ovum passes from the ovary.
Derivative
oviducal adj. oviductal adj.
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