ovulatorn.
/ˈɒvjᵿleɪtə/, /ˈəʊvjᵿleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjəˌleɪdər/, /ˈɑvjəˌleɪdər/ Chiefly Physiology.
A mammal or other animal that ovulates (esp. in a specified way).
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1942 Q. Rev. Biol. 17 125/2 There is considerable evidence that the Crotophaginae..are spontaneous ovulators.
1968 D. W. Wood Princ. Animal Physiol. xiii. 303 Many [mammals] ovulate spontaneously as part of the oestrus cycle, but others require the stimulus of copulation before they will ovulate. Such induced ovulators include the ferret, the cat and the rabbit.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xv. 194 In the doe rabbit and domestic cat ovulation occurs only after copulation... Such animals are..said to be reflex ovulators.
1994 Clin. Endocrinol. 40 40 Four of 12 ovulators were previous non-ovulators to exogenous gonadotrophin therapy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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