OVIDUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oviduct mean? 

• OVIDUCT (noun)
  The noun OVIDUCT has 1 sense:

1. either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

  Familiarity information: OVIDUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVIDUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube

Hypernyms ("oviduct" is a kind of...):

salpinx (a tube in the uterus or the ear)

female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)

Holonyms ("oviduct" is a part of...):

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

 Context examples 

A laboratory specimen consisting of the ovaries and oviduct.

(Ovary/Oviduct, NCI Thesaurus)