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egg cell

egg cell noun: a cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote.

Noun

egg cell (plural egg cells)

  1. A cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote.
    Synonyms:
    egg, gynogamete, ovum

egg cell meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

egg cell in Tamil

முட்டைக்கலம், முட்டை செல்

egg cell in Bengali

egg cell
ডিম্বাণু ḍimbanu

egg cell in Telugu

egg cell
అండకణము aṇḍakaṇamu, స్త్రీసంయోగికణము strīsaṁyōgikaṇamu

Synonyms of egg cell

Forms of egg cell

pluralegg cells

Questions about egg cell

What does egg cell mean?
Egg cell means a cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote.
What is egg cell in Tamil?
Egg cell in Tamil is முட்டைக்கலம், முட்டை செல். See Egg cell meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is egg cell?
Egg cell is a noun.
What is the plural of egg cell?
The plural of egg cell is egg cells.

Words near egg cell in the dictionary

  1. egg capsules
  2. egg carton
  3. egg cartons
  4. egg case
  5. egg cases
  6. egg cell
  7. egg cells
  8. egg coffee
  9. egg coffees
  10. egg cosies
  11. egg cosy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: egg cell (page history and authors); egg cell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ডিম্বাণু (Bengali) (page history and authors); అండకణము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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