Definition of "oviducts" [oviducts]

• Plural form of oviduct. (noun)

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• "The unborn embryos compete for survival -- embryos eat their siblings -- until only one is left in each of the paired oviducts."
• "Brennan noted that in species with forced mating the males had larger phalluses and the females had more complex oviducts."
• "She hypothesizes that the oviducts evolved as a way of blocking the sperm from unwanted males, which, in turn, drove the evolution of longer, more flexible phalluses."