n.
A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
n.
Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.
n.
The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.
n.
The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.
n.
The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.
a.
Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.
a.
Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
a.
Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
a.
Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
n. pl.
A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
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