ovum

The mature female gamete of an animal; an egg.

An egg, in a broad biological sense; the proper product of an ovary; the female germ or seed, which when fertilized by the male sperm, and sometimes without such fecundation, is capable of developing into an individual like the parent.

[capitalized] In conchology, same as Ovulum.

[capitalized] In ichthyology, a genus of fishes.

In architecture, an ornament in the shape of an egg.

A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of mycropyle.

One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

the female reproductive cell; the female gamete