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Keywords: Ovum, Oocyte, Gamete, Hatch, Embryo
The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
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A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
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(egg) Female reproductive cell. Also, ovum.
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the haploid cell within the female ovary.
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