ovum
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noun
(plural ova |ˈōvə| )
Biology
a
mature
female
reproductive cell
, especially of a
human
or other
animal
, which can divide to give rise to an
embryo
usually only after
fertilization
by a
male
cell
:
〘生物〙 卵（らん）, 卵子
e.g.
the ovum contributes one chromosome of each pair to the fertilized cell.
ORIGIN
early
18th century
: from
Latin
, literally ‘
egg
’.