ovum
The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
Synonyms
- egg cell
A kind of
- gamete
Kinds of ovum
- ovule
- egg
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ovum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.