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Plural of ovum

irregular plural

The plural of ovum is ova.

Forms of ovum

Singularovum /ˈəʊ̯.vəm/
Pluralova /ˈəʊ̯.və/
Countablecountable

Ova in a sentence

  • Conversely, if two ova be caused to amalgamate with parallel axes, the result is a "giant".1929, Hans Dreisch (W.H. Johnston), Man and the Universe, page 93. From the entry fourling
  • Seventy percent of twins are fraternal and result from fertilization of two separate ova by two different sperm.2012, Leonard Crowley, An Introduction to Human Disease: Pathology and Pathophysiology Correlations, page 471. From the entry fraternal
  • OK, get in dat pirogue ova dere, en be still.2005 May 12, William Jennings, “Awww, shucks ...... Lunch is over”, in rec.music.classical.guitar (Usenet). From the entry ova
  • OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore.1987, Kamoji K. Wachiira, Women's use of off-farm and boundary lands. From the entry mouthsore
  • Each primitive germ cell gives rise, by repeated divisions, to a number of smaller cells termed oögonia, from which the ova or primary oöcytes are developed.1913, Henry Gray, Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied, new American/18th English edition, Philadelphia; New York: Lea & Febiger, page 38. From the entry oöcyte

Meaning of ovum

  1. noun The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

Full definition of ovum

Nouns ending in -um: plural -a

Questions about the plural of ovum

What is the plural of ovum?
The plural of ovum is ova.
Is ovum countable?
Ovum is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ovum (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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