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• plural of ovum.

ova

American  

[oh-vuh] / ˈoʊ və /

noun

1. the plural of ovum.

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ova British  

/ ˈəʊvə /

noun

1. the plural of ovum

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ova Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The bill defines female as having XX chromosomes, and a reproductive and endocrine system that produces or would produce ova, or eggs.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

For example, in many mammal species, ova producers do most of the infant care.

From Scientific American • May 1, 2023

“Female” is defined as someone “whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova,” while “male” refers to those “whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 23, 2023

But the fact that the woman produced ova did not necessarily mean she was a source of life.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022

This was that the so-called ova of Flustra had the power of independent movement by means of cilia, and were in fact larvæ.

From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles