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oviduct


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oviduct  \O"vi*duct\,  n.  [Ovum  +  duct:  cf  F.  oviducte.]  (Anat.) 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oviduct 
  n  :  either  of  a  pair  of  tubes  conducting  the  egg  from  the  ovary 
  to  the  uterus  [syn:  {Fallopian  tube},  {uterine  tube}] 




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