ovulist

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English

Etymology

From ovule +‎ -ist.

Noun

ovulist (plural ovulists)

  1. (biology, historical) A believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were enclosed one within the other.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ovulist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovuliste.

Noun

ovulist m (plural ovuliști)

  1. ovulist

Declension

Declension of ovulist
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ovulist ovulistul (niște) ovuliști ovuliștii
genitive/dative (unui) ovulist ovulistului (unor) ovuliști ovuliștilor
vocative ovulistule ovuliștilor
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