ovulumn.

Brit.

/ˈɒvjᵿləm/,

/ˈəʊvjᵿləm/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvjəl(ə)m/,

/ˈɑvjəl(ə)m/

Inflections: Plural ovula, (rare, in sense 3) ovulums.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ovulum (1684 or earlier in sense 1a) < classical Latin ōvum ovum n. + -ulum -ule suffix. Compare post-classical Latin ovulum ovum or ovule of a fish or a mammal (a1200 in British sources). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^u·viulɒ̆m) /ˈəʊvjuːləm/.

a. Anatomy and Zoology. = ovum n. 1a. Cf. ovule n. 1a. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid

ovum1672

ovulum1698

ovule1762

ovigerm1851

ovicell1869

oosphere1875

ootid1898

1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies sig. c1^v/1 In Froggs, Fish, &c...the Ovula are ejected out of the Female, before they are impregnated by the Male.

1731 Philos. Trans. Abridg'd 1700–20 (Royal Soc.) (ed. 2) 5 292 The Cicatrix or Caruncula, whence the fœcundated Ovulum had dropt, was yet remaining.

1755 D. Monro Ess. Dropsy 124 Upon examining these vesicles he found them to be no other than the ovula of the left ovarium distended to that monstrous size.

1790 P. Lewis Philos. Inq. Nature & Properties Common Water 98 Its tendancy to putrefaction, shews it to be replete with the ovula of different animalcules.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 24 The ovulum is seldom found, even in the Fallopian tube, till some time afterwards [i.e. after copulation].

1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 44 A minute body of spheroidal shape,—the ovulum.

1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 169 At the time when no ovulum has yet left the terminal chamber, and when all the elements of this part of the ovary are of the same size.

1940 Isis 32 398 Von Baer..regarded the Graafian follicle as the ‘ovum’ and gave the name ‘ovulum’ to the true ovum since the ‘fetal ovum’ developed from it.

†b. Anatomy ovulum of Naboth n. [after French œufs de Naboth (1816 in the passage translated in quot. 1831); compare post-classical Latin ova Nabothi (1774 or earlier)] a Nabothian cyst (see Nabothian adj.) (supposed by Naboth to be an ovum). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 826 Frequently..these crypts..assume the form of small semitransparent vesicles projecting into the interior of the uterus. An old author, Naboth, took them for ova and for this reason these small bodies are sometimes designated by the name of Ovula of Naboth.

2. Botany. = ovule n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > ovule

ovum1703

ovulum1786

ovule1800

nucellus1882

1786 A. Hunter in J. Evelyn Sylva (new ed.) II. vii. 147 (note) Needham has observed, that the dust of the Martagon Lily consists of rough or prickly globules, which..impregnate the ovula, or rudiments of the seeds.

1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 15 There is then no such thing as a naked seed..proceeding from an ovulum with a covering that is simple, and consequently immediately sexiferous.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 45/2 A central free placenta, or the axis on which the ovula is borne, is not a separate organ.

1845 Trans. Linn. Soc. 19 185 The non-development of either of the ordinary integuments of the ovulum..was..first observed by M. Adolphe Brongniart in Thesium.

1874 Galaxy July 182/2 The florist, combining by artificial means the pollen and ovula from selected specimens of..flowering plants.., obtains a flower of superior quality.

1951 New Phytologist 50 22 The decision must be based on ‘whether the simple structure of the Exocarpus “ovulum” is primitive or the result of reduction under parasitism’.

1992 Scientia Horticulturae 51 111 Seedling formation and bulblet production from immature ovula of tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) were studied.

3. Zoology. = Ovula n. Now rare or disused.The genus name Ovula was invalidly emended to Ovulum by G. B. Sowerby in 1828 ( Zool. Jrnl. 4 145).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > genus Ovulum

ovulum1837

1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 259/1 Lamarck enumerates eighteen fossil species of Cypræa, and two of Ovulum.

1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 410 Similar patterns are graved on the ovulum shells and armlets.

1885 Science 3 July 9/2 On examination..there was found a large number of the Ovulums.

1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 930 An extreme type..is seen in Cypræa and Ovulum, where the spire is entirely covered in the adult.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ovulum
释义	ovulumn. Brit. /ˈɒvjᵿləm/, /ˈəʊvjᵿləm/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjəl(ə)m/, /ˈɑvjəl(ə)m/ Inflections: Plural ovula, (rare, in sense 3) ovulums. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ovulum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ovulum (1684 or earlier in sense 1a) < classical Latin ōvum ovum n. + -ulum -ule suffix. Compare post-classical Latin ovulum ovum or ovule of a fish or a mammal (a1200 in British sources). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^u·viulɒ̆m) /ˈəʊvjuːləm/. 1. a. Anatomy and Zoology. = ovum n. 1a. Cf. ovule n. 1a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid ovum1672 ovulum1698 ovule1762 ovigerm1851 ovicell1869 oosphere1875 ootid1898 1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies sig. c1^v/1 In Froggs, Fish, &c...the Ovula are ejected out of the Female, before they are impregnated by the Male. 1731 Philos. Trans. Abridg'd 1700–20 (Royal Soc.) (ed. 2) 5 292 The Cicatrix or Caruncula, whence the fœcundated Ovulum had dropt, was yet remaining. 1755 D. Monro Ess. Dropsy 124 Upon examining these vesicles he found them to be no other than the ovula of the left ovarium distended to that monstrous size. 1790 P. Lewis Philos. Inq. Nature & Properties Common Water 98 Its tendancy to putrefaction, shews it to be replete with the ovula of different animalcules. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 24 The ovulum is seldom found, even in the Fallopian tube, till some time afterwards [i.e. after copulation]. 1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 44 A minute body of spheroidal shape,—the ovulum. 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 169 At the time when no ovulum has yet left the terminal chamber, and when all the elements of this part of the ovary are of the same size. 1940 Isis 32 398 Von Baer..regarded the Graafian follicle as the ‘ovum’ and gave the name ‘ovulum’ to the true ovum since the ‘fetal ovum’ developed from it. †b. Anatomy ovulum of Naboth n. [after French œufs de Naboth (1816 in the passage translated in quot. 1831); compare post-classical Latin ova Nabothi (1774 or earlier)] a Nabothian cyst (see Nabothian adj.) (supposed by Naboth to be an ovum). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 826 Frequently..these crypts..assume the form of small semitransparent vesicles projecting into the interior of the uterus. An old author, Naboth, took them for ova and for this reason these small bodies are sometimes designated by the name of Ovula of Naboth. 2. Botany. = ovule n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > ovule ovum1703 ovulum1786 ovule1800 nucellus1882 1786 A. Hunter in J. Evelyn Sylva (new ed.) II. vii. 147 (note) Needham has observed, that the dust of the Martagon Lily consists of rough or prickly globules, which..impregnate the ovula, or rudiments of the seeds. 1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 15 There is then no such thing as a naked seed..proceeding from an ovulum with a covering that is simple, and consequently immediately sexiferous. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 45/2 A central free placenta, or the axis on which the ovula is borne, is not a separate organ. 1845 Trans. Linn. Soc. 19 185 The non-development of either of the ordinary integuments of the ovulum..was..first observed by M. Adolphe Brongniart in Thesium. 1874 Galaxy July 182/2 The florist, combining by artificial means the pollen and ovula from selected specimens of..flowering plants.., obtains a flower of superior quality. 1951 New Phytologist 50 22 The decision must be based on ‘whether the simple structure of the Exocarpus “ovulum” is primitive or the result of reduction under parasitism’. 1992 Scientia Horticulturae 51 111 Seedling formation and bulblet production from immature ovula of tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) were studied. 3. Zoology. = Ovula n. Now rare or disused.The genus name Ovula was invalidly emended to Ovulum by G. B. Sowerby in 1828 ( Zool. Jrnl. 4 145). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > genus Ovulum ovulum1837 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 259/1 Lamarck enumerates eighteen fossil species of Cypræa, and two of Ovulum. 1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 410 Similar patterns are graved on the ovulum shells and armlets. 1885 Science 3 July 9/2 On examination..there was found a large number of the Ovulums. 1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 930 An extreme type..is seen in Cypræa and Ovulum, where the spire is entirely covered in the adult. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698
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