| egg cell | | |
| n. (body) | 1. egg cell, ovum | the female reproductive cell; the female gamete. |
| ~ egg | animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds. |
| ~ gamete | a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. |
| ~ ootid | mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote. |
| ~ ovule | a small or immature ovum. |
| ~ female reproductive system | the reproductive system of females. |
| ovary | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. ovary | the organ that bears the ovules of a flower. |
| ~ blossom, bloom, flower | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. |
| ~ reproductive structure | the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction. |
| ~ placenta | that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form. |
| n. (body) | 2. ovary | (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone. |
| ~ craniate, vertebrate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium. |
| ~ arteria ovarica, ovarian artery | the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries. |
| ~ female reproductive system | the reproductive system of females. |
| ~ female internal reproductive organ | the reproductive organs of a woman. |
| ~ graafian follicle | a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg. |
| ~ gonad, sex gland | a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced. |
| ovum | | |
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