Vagina definition

Vagina





Home | Index


We love those sites:

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vagina \Va*gi"na\, n.; pl. {Vaginae}. [L. vagina a scabbard or
     sheath.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Anat.)
        (a) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
        (b) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to


            the external orifice of the genital canal, or to the
            cloaca.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and
        various other invertebrates. See Illust., of
        {Spermatheca}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which
        inwraps the stem; a sheath.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or
        figure seems to issue or arise.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vagina
       n : the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist
           canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora
           to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during
           coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the
           passage of a fetus"
       [also: {vaginae} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "vagina":
     Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, bag, ballocks, balls, basket,
     beard, breasts, canal, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, duct,
     emunctory, family jewels, female organs, fistula, genitalia,
     genitals, gonads, intestines, labia, labia majora, labia minora,
     lingam, lips, male organs, meat, meatus, nuts, nymphae, ostium,
     ovary, oviduct, penis, phallus, pore, private parts, privates,
     privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks,
     salpinx, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs,
     spermary, testes, testicles, thoracic duct, ureter, urethra,
     uterus, vas, vessel, vulva, womb, yoni
  
  

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)