Ovum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The female reproductive cell or gamete of animals; egg.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of mycropyle.
  • n. One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An egg, in a broad biological sense; the proper product of an ovary; the female germ or seed, which when fertilized by the male sperm, and sometimes without such fecundation, is capable of developing into an individual like the parent.
  • n. [capitalized] In conchology, same as Ovulum.
  • n. [capitalized] In ichthyology, a genus of fishes.
  • n. In architecture, an ornament in the shape of an egg.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gamete   
    Cross Reference
    ephippial ovum    ova graafiana    ruptor ovi    oocyte   
    Variant
    ova    mycropyle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    megagamete   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    novum   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quatuor    sperm    spermatozoa    ovo    illis    spermatozoon   
     
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