Crossword-Solution: OVIDUCT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oviduct | n. | A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “OVIDUCT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Egg conveyor | 1 answer |
| Egg's route | 1 answer |
| Equivalent to a Fallopian tube | 1 answer |
| FALLOPIAN tube | 1 answer |
| Fallopian tube, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Tunnel of l'oeuf? (sorry sorry sorry) | 1 answer |
| uterine tube | 1 answer |
| Anatomical tube | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with OVIDUCT (5)
The figure on the left of the plate represents a curious cluster of papillæ which project from one side of the mouth, and are the opening of the oviduct.
The female reproductive apparatus of the Hymenoptera consists generally of six ovarian tubes, something like glove-fingers, divided into bunches of three and ending in a common canal, the oviduct, which carries the eggs outside.
The Queen-bee would thus lay female eggs or male eggs according as she fertilized them or not while they were passing into her oviduct.
For this optional fertilization, determining the sex, the mother's organism requires a seminal reservoir which distils its drop of sperm upon the egg contained in the oviduct and thus gives it a feminine character, or else leaves it its original character, the male character, by refusing it that baptism.
Swammerdam founded the true methods of scientific investigation; he invented the microscope, contrived injections to ward off decay, was the first to dissect the bees, and by the discovery of the ovaries and the oviduct definitely fixed the sex of the queen, hitherto looked upon as a king, and threw the whole political scheme of the hive into most unexpected light by basing it upon maternity.
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Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2003–2024).