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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
protovum .
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As the unripe ova (the protova that we find in the ovaries of animals) cannot be distinguished from the common Amoebae, we must regard the Amoeba as the primitive form that is reproduced in the embryonic stage of the amoeboid ovum to-day, in accordance with the biogenetic law.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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