óvulo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin ōvulum, from ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ó‧vu‧lo
Noun edit
óvulo m (plural óvulos)
- (cytology, embryology) ovum; egg cell (female gamete in animals)
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
óvulo m (plural óvulos)
Further reading edit
- “óvulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014