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The chimaeras keep the sperm, densely packed, within several tiny tubes of their oviducal gland.

From National Geographic • Jun. 12, 2017

Oviducts and oviducal eggs were observed on specimens designated as females; hemipenes were examined on specimens designated as males.

From Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard by Cole, Charles J.

A, Lumbricus: 9, 10, segments containing spermathecae, the orifices of which are indicated; 14, segment bearing oviducal pores; 15, segment bearing male pores; 32, 37, first and last segments of clitellum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

The two latest records are for females retaining oviducal eggs on July 2 and 11.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

In the gravid females examined by me, number of corpora lutea on the ovaries was equal, in all but one instance, to the number of oviducal eggs.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.