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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(biology, 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..
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Ovulist means (biology, 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..
Common synonyms include ovist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use ovulist where its definition matches the intended context.
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