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oosphere

o·o·sphere
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-uh-sfeer]
    • /ˈoʊ əˌsfɪər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-uh-sfeer]
    • /ˈoʊ əˌsfɪər/

Definitions of oosphere word

  • noun oosphere an unfertilized egg within an oogonium. 1
  • noun oosphere The female reproductive cell of certain algae or fungi, which is formed in the oogonium and when fertilized becomes the oospore. 1
  • noun oosphere a large female gamete produced in the oogonia of algae and fungi 0
  • noun oosphere any of the large, spherical, nonmotile, unfertilized eggs that develop in an oogonium 0

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Origin of oosphere

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; oo- + -sphere

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Parts of speech for Oosphere

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

oosphere popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for oosphere

noun oosphere

  • 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.
  • seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
  • 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.
  • egg cell — egg1 (def 5).

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