ovum
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 4
/ˈəʊ̯.vəm/
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/ˈəʊ̯.vəm/ · /ˈoʊ̯.vəm/ · /ˈɐʉ̯.vəm/ · /ˈəʉ̯.vəm/ · /ˈo.vəm/ · /ˈo.vʌm/ · /ˈoː.vum/
Definition of ovum
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
“Coordinate term: spermatozoon”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf.
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