ova

[ oh-vuh ]

/ ˈoʊ və /

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noun

the plural of ovum.

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In Africa the ova, and even adults, of Distoma hmatobium are common, accompanying "Egyptian hematuria."
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The ova closely resemble those of Tnia saginata, but are a little smaller (Fig. 101).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Tempore mensium praesertim ova egrediuntur ex ovariis in tubos Fallopianos et inde in uterum.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The divisions to form ova present certain complications which need not be taken up in detail here.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard

She decorates the egg, as it were, with a fluid which later turns black and appears as a streak across the ova.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, March 1917|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ova

ova

/ (ˈəʊvə) /

noun

the plural of ovum

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Cultural definitions for ova

ova

[ (oh-vuh) ]

sing. ovum

The female sex cells, produced in the ovary and released during ovulation; the eggs. An ovum must normally be fertilized (see fertilization) to develop into a new living thing.

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