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Ovum   /ˈoʊvəm/   Listen
Ovum

noun
(pl. L. ova, E. ovums)
1.
The female reproductive cell; the female gamete.  Synonym: egg cell.



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"Ovum" Quotes from Famous Books



... exist," Mary said. She smiled. "Don't try circumlocution on me, Doc. I'm not religious. I don't believe that spermatozoa and an ovum, if not allowed to cuddle up together, add up ...
— Where There's Hope • Jerome Bixby

... concedit vallis in orbem et sinuata latus resupinis undique silvis inter continuos curvatur concava montes, sic ibi planitiem curvae sinus ambit arenae et geminis medium se molibus alligat ovum. * * * * * balteus en gemmis, en illita porticus auro certatim radiant; nec non, ubi finis arenae proxima marmoreo praebet spectacula muro, sternitur adiunctis ebur admirabile truncis et coit in rotulum, tereti qui lubricus axe impositos subita vertigine ...
— Post-Augustan Poetry - From Seneca to Juvenal • H.E. Butler

... O dealer in phrases sonorous, So daintily chosen, so tunefully matched, Though you soar with the wings of the cherubim o'er us, The ovum was human from which you ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.



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