[uter.us] n, pl uteri also uter.us.es [L, belly, womb; prob. akin to Gk hoderos belly, Skt udara] (1615) 1: an organ of the female mammal for containing and usu. for nourishing the young during development previous to birth--called also womb
2: a structure in some lower animals analogous to the uterus in which eggs or young develop