Ovulan.

Brit.

/ˈɒvjᵿlə/,

/ˈəʊvjᵿlə/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvjələ/,

/ˈɑvjələ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ovula.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Ovula, genus name (J. G. Bruguière 1789, in Encyclopédie méthodique: Hist. nat. des vers I. p. xv) < post-classical Latin ovulum ovulum n.

Zoology.

A genus of gastropod molluscs related to the cowries (family Ovulidae), native esp. to the tropical Pacific Ocean, some species of which have a pure white oval shell; (also ovula) a member of this genus. Chiefly attributive in ovula shell. Cf. poached egg n.

ΚΠ

1823 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 113 394 The following fossil genera belong to this section of the Trachelipodes—Conus, Oliva.., Cypræa, Ovula, Volvaria, [etc.].

1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 111 A girdle of ovula shells.

1923 Sci. Monthly June 616 The money cowry (Cypræa moneta) was the principal shell used as money, though Cypræa annulus), Littorina, Nerita and Ovula shells were also used.

1952 Man 52 67/1 A large armshell, a Conus ring five inches deep and more across, with an Ovula shell attached, is reckoned as worth from £4 up to £10.

1996 B. Hauser-Schaublin in Oceania 67 101 As the young women dance with their bilum..the ovula shells in it jingle with each step.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ovula
释义	Ovulan. Brit. /ˈɒvjᵿlə/, /ˈəʊvjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjələ/, /ˈɑvjələ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ovula. Etymology: < scientific Latin Ovula, genus name (J. G. Bruguière 1789, in Encyclopédie méthodique: Hist. nat. des vers I. p. xv) < post-classical Latin ovulum ovulum n. Zoology. A genus of gastropod molluscs related to the cowries (family Ovulidae), native esp. to the tropical Pacific Ocean, some species of which have a pure white oval shell; (also ovula) a member of this genus. Chiefly attributive in ovula shell. Cf. poached egg n. ΚΠ 1823 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 113 394 The following fossil genera belong to this section of the Trachelipodes—Conus, Oliva.., Cypræa, Ovula, Volvaria, [etc.]. 1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 111 A girdle of ovula shells. 1923 Sci. Monthly June 616 The money cowry (Cypræa moneta) was the principal shell used as money, though Cypræa annulus), Littorina, Nerita and Ovula shells were also used. 1952 Man 52 67/1 A large armshell, a Conus ring five inches deep and more across, with an Ovula shell attached, is reckoned as worth from £4 up to £10. 1996 B. Hauser-Schaublin in Oceania 67 101 As the young women dance with their bilum..the ovula shells in it jingle with each step. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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