单词 | oviduct |
释义 | oviductn. Anatomy and Zoology. A duct or canal by which ova or eggs pass from an ovary; (in mammals) a Fallopian tube. Cf. earlier oviductus n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > oviduct oviductus1668 oviduct1703 germiduct1855 Müllerian duct1870 the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > Fallopian tubes womb trumpet1663 Fallopian tube1676 oviduct1703 tubes1970 salpinx- the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > duct which conveys ova and sperm > oviduct oviduct1703 ova-duct1781 1703 T. Gibson Anat. Humane Bodies Epitomized (ed. 6) xxvi. 179 (heading) Of the Vasa deferentia in Women, or their Oviducts. 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 271 This little Canal may be, not improperly, called the Oviduct or Vagina. 1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. III. 498 Its [sc. the torpedo's] ovarium is near the liver and double oviduct and womb, wherein the young ones swim free. 1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 233 In all animals of distinct sex, the female, those of the bird kind excepted, have, I believe, two ovaria, and of course the oviducts are in pairs. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 49 Viviparous reproduction..happens in a few..gastropods, through the retention of the eggs in the oviduct. 1883 Science 27 July 105/1 Whether the spermatozoids are retained somewhere in the oviduct until the eggs reach a certain stage of development, or whether they at once impregnate the eggs. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 574 The ripe ovum now bursts from the ovary, and is usually caught by the trumpet-shaped or funnel-like mouth of the oviduct, which is usually pressed against the ovary when the bursting or ovulation occurs. 1988 Shetland Times 16 Dec. 22/3 The bacteria can breed in a hen's oviduct as well as its gut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1703 |
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