óvulo

Definitions of óvulo
  1. noun
    the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
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    huevo
    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
    freza, hueva, huevas, prole
    the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
    type of:
    gameto
    a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
  2. noun
    a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
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    estructura reproductiva
    the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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