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An organ in female mammals for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development previous to birth that consists of a greatly modified and enlarged section of an oviduct or of the two oviducts united, that has thick walls consisting of an

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  • Some illiterate uteri are—what do they call it?
  • There's an astonishing lack of uteri in this group.
  • Is the presence or lack of uteri genetic or cultural?
  • One or both uteri filled with white, purulent material.
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