Definition of "ova" []

• Plural of ovum. (noun)

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• "But the eggs, or ova -- which is the Latin word meaning eggs -- do not begin to ripen until the girl reaches the age of thirteen or fourteen, or, in other words, until she begins to become a woman."
• "Yes, Read or Die the ova is a big one of mine, I always Identified with The Paper, becuase she is so obsessed with books and so am I."
• "The number of the ova is the same in all sea-urchins, and is an odd one."