Commentary for Bava Kamma 183:20

יהודה נמי איכפולי מיכפל

There was one 'closing up' in the case of males, viz. semen [virile], and two in the case of females, viz. semen and the giving of birth. In a Baraitha it was taught that there were two in the case of males, viz. semen [virile] and urinating, and three in the case of females, i.e. semen, urinating and the giving of birth. Rabina said: Three in the case of males, viz. semen [virile], urinating and anus, and four in the case of females, viz. semen and the giving of birth, urinating and anus. <i>'All the wombs of the house of Abimelech.'</i> It was stated at the College of R. Jannai that even a hen of the house of Abimelech did not lay an egg [at that time].

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