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Oviduct

Definition

noun, plural: oviducts

Any of the pair of ducts or tubes in female reproductive organ through which an ovum passes from the ovary to the uterus (as in mammals) or to the outside (as in oviparous animals).


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Word origin: NL ōviductus.

Related forms: oviducal, oviductal (adjective).

Synonym: fallopian tube, gonaduct, salpinx, uterine tube.


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... at a step called candling (just looking an egg facing a strong light source to avoid eggs containing blood and cell residues from the hen oviduct). In fact here in Canada I have seen some box of eggs labeled double yolks, probably for the fun loving one ready to pay a premium for this ...

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