ovulist

English

Etymology

ovule +‎ -ist

Noun

ovulist (plural ovulists)

1. (biology, historical) A believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") 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 enclosed one within the other.

Synonyms

• ovist

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ovulist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovuliste.

Noun

ovulist m (plural ovuliști)

1. ovulist

Declension

Declension of ovulist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ovulist	ovulistul	(niște) ovuliști	ovuliștii
genitive/dative	(unui) ovulist	ovulistului	(unor) ovuliști	ovuliștilor
vocative	ovulistule		ovuliștilor