Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A haploid cell that results from the meiotic division of an oocyte and becomes a female gamete or an ovum.
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- noun biology The
haploid cell , produced bymeiotic division of asecondary oocyte , that is a nearly matureovum
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- noun mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[oo– + (sperma)tid.]
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Examples
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And therefore should yon make it, it ootid give you no right to sealing ordinances for yourself or your BIALaGUE III.
The Works... Joseph Bellamy 1812
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As Djnarbas ootid not ex - culpate the prince without accufing Ne -
Dinarbas: A Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 1792
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V. aba ootid«& A» gufti dicitur, quia fcibcec iUc Sfft
Glossarium manuale ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis Charles Du Fresne Du Cange 1778
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