Meanings
plural oviducts
- typically used in zoologyanatomyA duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
Synonyms: Fallopian tube, gonaduct, salpinx, uterine tube
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
More synonyms by meaning
nouneither of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinōviductus
- Englishoviduct
Borrowed from New Latin ōviductus. By surface analysis, ovi- + -duct.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَنَاةُ الْبَيْض
- قَنَاةُ الْبَيْض (qanātu l-bayḍ)duct through which an ovum passes
Bulgarian яйцепрово́д
- яйцепрово́д (jajceprovód)duct through which an ovum passes
Catalan oviducte
- oviducteduct through which an ovum passes
Chinese Mandarin 卵管
- 卵管 (luǎnguǎn)duct through which an ovum passes
Czech vejcovod
- vejcovodduct through which an ovum passes
Danish æggeleder
- æggelederduct through which an ovum passes
Dutch eileider
- eileiderduct through which an ovum passes
Finnish munanjohdin
- munanjohdinduct through which an ovum passes
French oviducte
- oviducteduct through which an ovum passes
German Eileiter, Ovidukt
- Eileiterduct through which an ovum passes
- Oviduktduct through which an ovum passes
Greek ωαγωγός
- ωαγωγός (oagogós)duct through which an ovum passes
Hindi डिम्बवाहिनी
- डिम्बवाहिनी (ḍimbavāhinī)duct through which an ovum passes
Hungarian petevezeték
- petevezetékduct through which an ovum passes
Irish ubhaducht
- ubhaduchtduct through which an ovum passes
Italian ovidotto
- ovidottoduct through which an ovum passes
Japanese 輸卵管, 卵管
- 輸卵管 (yurankan)duct through which an ovum passes
- 卵管 (rankan)duct through which an ovum passes
Korean 난관
- 난관 (nan'gwan)duct through which an ovum passes
Malay oviduktus, saluran ovum
- oviduktusduct through which an ovum passes
- saluran ovumduct through which an ovum passes
Māori pūkākano
- pūkākanoduct through which an ovum passes
Norwegian eggleder
- egglederduct through which an ovum passes
Polish jajowód
- jajowódduct through which an ovum passes
Portuguese oviduto
- ovidutoduct through which an ovum passes
Romanian oviduct
- oviductduct through which an ovum passes
Russian яйцево́д
- яйцево́д (jajcevód)duct through which an ovum passes
Slovak vajcovod, vajíčkovod
- vajcovodduct through which an ovum passes
- vajíčkovodduct through which an ovum passes
- oviduktduct through which an ovum passes
Spanish oviducto
- oviductoduct through which an ovum passes
Swedish äggledare
- äggledareduct through which an ovum passes
Ukrainian яйцепрові́д
- яйцепрові́д (jajceprovíd)duct through which an ovum passes
Vietnamese noan quản
- noan quảnduct through which an ovum passes
Cite this entry
oviduct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oviduct
“oviduct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oviduct. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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