Ovum

A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

the female reproductive cell; the female gamete