Definitions for oviduct

oviduct o·vi·duct

Spelling: [oh-vi-duhkt]
IPA: /ˈoʊ vɪˌdʌkt/

Oviduct is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in oviduct (cdiotuv).

Definitions for oviduct

noun

  1. either of a pair of tubes that transport the ova from the ovary to the exterior, the distal ends of which form the uterus and vagina in higher mammals.

Origin of oviduct

From the New Latin word ōviductus, dating back to 1830-40. See ovi-, duct

Examples for oviduct

The segmentation is meroblastic, and the germinal disc adjoins the opening of the oviduct.

This is the oviduct, and its dimensions are the same as those of the rostrum.

It becomes in fact the oviduct in the female and atrophies in the male.

The segmentation commences in the lower part of the oviduct, shortly before the shell has begun to be formed.

And the structure of the egg carries us back to the oviduct of the parent-fowl.

When a yolk is full-grown it drops into the funnel-shaped mouth of the oviduct.

After this process is completed the egg may be retained in the oviduct for some time.

In the Anura the eggs are fertilized as they leave the oviduct.

In this duct, which is called the oviduct, are eggs in various stages of formation.

In the female the right egg-gland and egg-duct or oviduct are wanting.

Word Value for oviduct
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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