Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vagina"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vagina \Va*gi"na\, n.; pl. {Vagin[ae]}. [L. vagina a scabbard or
sheath.]
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 if the genital canal, or to the
cloaca.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and
various other invertebrates. See Illust., of
{Spermatheca}.
3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which
inwraps the stem; a sheath.
4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of
figure seems to issue or arise.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
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