Definitions for oviductˈoʊ vɪˌdʌkt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•vi•ductˈoʊ vɪˌdʌkt(n.)

  1. a tube through which ova are transported from the ovary to the outside or into the uterus.

    Category: Anatomy, Zoology

Origin of oviduct:

1830–40; < NL ōviductus. See ovi -, duct

o`vi•duc′tal(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Fallopian tube, uterine tube, oviduct(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. oviduct(Noun)

    A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.


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