Definition of oviduct

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Oviduct (n.) 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..

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Mesometrium :: Mesometrium (n.) The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.
Oviduct :: Oviduct (n.) 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..
Fallopian :: Fallopian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus..
Calcific :: Calcific (a.) Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.
Vulva :: Vulva (n.) The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.
Oviducal :: Oviducal (a.) Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands..
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca..
Parovarium :: Parovarium (n.) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron..
Uterus :: Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append..
Ootype :: Ootype (n.) The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.
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