Ovula
/ˈɒvjʊlə/ /ˈəʊvjʊlə/Zoology
noun
A genus of gastropod molluscs related to the cowries (family Ovulidae), native especially to the tropical Pacific Ocean, some species of which have a pure white oval shell; (also ovula) a member of this genus. Chiefly attributive in ovula shell.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Ovula, genus name from post-classical Latin ovulum.
- ex silentio
- exsolution
- exsolve
- exsufflation
- ext.
- extant
- extemporaneous
- extemporaneously
- extemporaneousness
- extemporarily
- extemporariness
- extemporary
- extempore
- extemporise
- extemporization
- extemporize
- extend
- extendability
- extendable
- extended
- extended family
- extended-play
- extender
- extendibility
- extendible