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vagina_museum@masto.ai ("Vagina Museum") wrote:

There are in fact lots of parts in lots of animals which are given various names, but *could* all meaningfully be called a vagina. Rachel M. Keeffe and vagina research rockstar Patricia Brennan have compiled this helpful table on various names given to these organs.

Screenshotted table showing synonyms for vaginas: Insects: Vestibule, Uterus, Bursa Copulatrix (when a separate vagina is absent), Atrium Copulatorium, Vaginal Appendix, Spermatheca (when a separate vagina is absent), Spermathecal Ducts. Vertebrates: Pouch / Vaginal Pouch, Female Genital Channel, Urogenital Chamber, Sinus Urogenitalis, Urodeum of the Cloaca, Sexual Ducts, Introitus. Other metazoans: Genital Chamber, Oviducal Gland, Copulatory Duct, Genital Atrium. Many different names have been applied to vaginas, given a functional definition of the region of the reproductive tract that connects the genital or cloacal opening to the oviducts, and that interacts with the intromittent organ and/or sperm during copulation.