fallopian tube

 
Pronunciation: /fəˈləʊpɪən/

noun

  • (in a female mammal) either of a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus.

Origin:

early 18th century: from Fallopius, Latinized form of the name of Gabriello Fallopio (1523–62), the Italian anatomist who first described them