Ovum

Etymology
From ovum:.

Noun

 * 1)  The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

Synonyms

 * megagamete

Hypernyms

 * gamete

Coordinate terms

 * spermatozoon

Related terms

 * oval
 * Ovaltine
 * ovary
 * ovate


 * oviparous
 * ovo-lacto-vegetarian
 * ovoid
 * ovulate

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: pete
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Japanese: ,


 * Marathi:, अंडकोश
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: jajašce
 * Swedish: äggcell
 * Turkish:, yumurta hücresi

Etymology
From, likely a derivative of (whence also Latin avis:). Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾠόν:, Old Church Slavonic аицє:, Persian خایه:, Old Norse egg: (Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, English egg) and Old English æg: (obsolete English ey:).

Noun

 * 1) egg

Derived terms

 * ōvātus
 * ōvicō
 * ōviparus

Descendants

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