Noun: ovum
Sample Sentences
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Coordinate term: spermatozoon
Nouns inflected like ovum
meroplasmodium,
paleostriatum,
urodeum,
siphonium,
cladodium,
apogalacticum,
surrogatum,
siglum,
accubitum,
endoplasmic reticulum,
microsclerotium,
xystum,
archipterygium,
pleiochasium,
tripudium,
endosporium,
xenium,
separatum,
viscidium,
zoœcium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf. See: Latin Nouns '
ōvum'.