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English Dictionary: Vagina by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vagina
n
  1. 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vagina \Va*gi"na\, n.; pl. {Vagin[91]}. [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[94]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.
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