oosperm
/ˈəʊə(ʊ)spəːm/(also oösperm)
noun
Chiefly Zoology. A fertilized ovum. Now rare.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From oo- + -sperm.
- nucleiform
- nuclein
- nuclein base
- nucleo-
- nucleocapsid
- nucleochronology
- nucleocosmochronology
- nucleocytoplasm
- nucleocytoplasmic
- nucleogenesis
- nucleogenetic
- nucleohistone
- nucleoid
- nucleolar
- nucleolar organizer
- nucleolate
- nucleolated
- nucleole
- nucleolin
- nucleolinus
- nucleolo-cytoplasmic
- nucleologenesis
- nucleoloid
- nucleolonema
- nucleolus