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    OVIDUCT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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)

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