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a.
Pertaining to ovules.
pl.
of Ovulum
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Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.
a.
Producing ovules.
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Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
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Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth.
pl.
of Ovum
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Containing an ovule or ovules.
n.
An ovum.
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Alt. of Ovoidal
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of Ovum
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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.
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Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.
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The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.
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An ovule.
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One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
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An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.
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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.
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In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.
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Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.
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