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Oviduct

The tube which leads from the ovary to the cloaca in the female bird. The egg passes down it from the ovary, being fertilised and receiving its albumen and shell on the way.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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