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vagina - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'vagina' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vagina [ n.]
- A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
- Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.
- The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.
- The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.
- The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.

Meaning of 'vagina' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vagina [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
Example in sentence:
  • the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus;
  • the vagina receives the penis during coitus