ovumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈəʊ.vəm/us/ˈoʊ.vəm/plural ova specializedan egg cell produced by a woman or female animal:
If two ova are fertilized at the same time, the mother will have twins.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal reproduction
- asexual
- asexual reproduction
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- fetus
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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