egg cell

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [eg sel]
- /ɛg sɛl/
- /eɡ sel/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [eg sel]
- /ɛg sɛl/

Definitions of egg cell words

noun egg cell egg1 (def 5). 1
noun egg cell any female gamete; ovum 0
noun egg cell A cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote. 0

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Origin of egg cell

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Egg cell

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egg cell popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for egg cell

noun egg cell

seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
gamete — a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
spore — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
oosphere — an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.

All 5 Synonyms of egg cell