Meaning

1 senses

  1. The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

    Coordinate term: spermatozoon

    Ovum, Eizelle

    яйцекле́ткаjajceklétka

    яйцекліти́наjajceklitýna

    the female reproductive cell; the female gamete

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Male hymenopterans develop from unfertilized ova.

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  2. Pregnancy only happens if the ovum is fertilized.

    ruБеременность происходит, только если яйцо оплодотворено. — corvard

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  3. Human ovum is barely visible to the naked eye.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf.

Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf.

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Forms

plural: ova
Singularovum
Pluralova

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
eggA1egg cellmegagamete
Close in meaning
  • the female reproductive cell; the female gamete:egg cell

Word family

13 related words
RelatedovalB2ovaryovateoviparousovoidovulateoocyte
Derivedovigerousovismovistovulitepseudovumspermatovum

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ovoviviparousovulateovulationoweB1owieowlB2
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