 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
uterus
noun: a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females;
contains the developing fetus [syn: {womb}]
[also: {uteri} (pl)]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Uterus \U"te*rus\, noun [L.]
1. (Anat.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young
are developed previous to birth; the womb.
Note: The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and
in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in
the higher forms the two become more or less completely
united into one. In many male mammals there is a small
vesicle, opening into the urinogenital canal, which
corresponds to the uterus of the female and is called
the male uterus, or [NL.] uterus masculinus.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the
oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are
retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop
more or less. See Illust. of {Hermaphrodite} in Append.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "uterus":
bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, clitoris,
cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia,
genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips,
male organs, matrix, meat, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, phallus,
private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda,
reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic,
sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, vagina, venter, vulva,
womb, yoni
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