Ovulist
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ovulist is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Word Forms
- ovulists
Synonyms for ovulist
Depending on context, synonyms include ovist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudovum, spermist, ovulum, ovum, ovijector, ovicell.
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