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Word: Ovum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘egg’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈəʊvəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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
Short Definition:mature female reproductive cell which can divide to give rise to embryo
Examples:- the ovum contributes one chromosome of each pair to the fertilized cell
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