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Meaning of oviducal in English:

oviducal

Pronunciation /əʊvɪˈdjuːk(ə)l/

adjective

Anatomy Zoology

See oviduct

‘A special gland in the female, unique to elasmobranchs and known as the oviducal, nidamental, or shell gland, produces the egg case.’
  • ‘In Afrixalus, the leaf-folding frog, mating pairs construct an over-water leaf nest by folding leaves together with their legs, and gluing them together with oviducal secretions.’