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O·vum

/ˈōv(ə)m/

noun
- 1. 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: "the ovum contributes one chromosome of each pair to the fertilized cell"
Word Origin late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘egg’.
Scrabble Points: 9
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Haploid female reproductive cell or gamete
The egg cell or ovum is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non-motile). If the male gamete (sperm) is capable of movement, the type of sexual reproduction is also classified as oogamous. A nonmotile female ... Wikipedia
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