Novum :: Novum (n.) A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five..

Ovula :: Ovula (pl. ) of Ovulu.

Ovular :: Ovular (a.) Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth..

Ovulary :: Ovulary (a.) Pertaining to ovules.

Ovulate :: Ovulate (a.) Containing an ovule or ovules.

Ovulation :: Ovulation (n.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation..

Ovule :: Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen..

Ovule :: Ovule (n.) An ovum.

Ovuliferous :: Ovuliferous (a.) Producing ovules.

Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..

Ovulite :: Ovulite (n.) A fossil egg.

Ovulum :: Ovulum (n.) An ovule.

Ovum :: Ovum (n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle..

Ovum :: Ovum (n.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

Ovums :: Ovums (pl. ) of Ovu.

Pseudovum :: Pseudovum (n.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis..

Tritovum :: Tritovum (n.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

Uniovulate :: Uniovulate (a.) Containing but one ovule.

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