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Epididymis

An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.

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An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Duct 76% connected

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

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Ball 70% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Egg 70% connected

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or album…

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Nut 70% connected

The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing…

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Orchis 70% connected

A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tub…

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Testicle 70% connected

One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.

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Testis 70% connected

A testicle.

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