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noun

  1. plural of ovum.

noun, plural o·va [oh-vuh] /ˈoʊ və/.

  1. Cell Biology.
    1. the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual.
    2. the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
  2. Architecture. an oval ornament, as in an egg-and-dart molding.

noun

  1. the plural of ovum

noun plural ova (ˈəʊvə)

  1. an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell

n.(plural ova), 1706, from Latin ovum “egg,” cognate with Greek oon, Old Norse egg, Old English æg, all perhaps from PIE root *awi- (see egg (n.)). n. pl. o•va (ō)

  1. The female reproductive cell or gamete; egg.

Plural ova

  1. The mature reproductive cell of female animals, produced in the ovaries. See more at egg.

sing. ovum The female sex cells, produced in the ovary and released during ovulation; the eggs. An ovum must normally be fertilized (see fertilization) to develop into a new living thing.

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