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ovulists

ovulists is the plural of ovulist.

Meaning of ovulist

Noun

ovulist (plural ovulists)

  1. (historical) A believer in the theory (ovism or ovulism) that an organism is entirely preformed in the egg, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gives the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations are enclosed one within the other.
    Synonyms:
    ovist

Questions about ovulists

What is ovulists the plural of?
Ovulists is the plural of ovulist.

Words near ovulists in the dictionary

  1. ovulid
  2. ovulids
  3. ovuliferous
  4. ovulin
  5. ovulist
  6. ovulists
  7. ovulite
  8. ovulites
  9. ovulo
  10. ovulocyclic
  11. ovulos

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