English Explanatory Dictionary

oogonium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus.
  2. A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.

Word forms

oogonium oogonia oogoniums oögonium

Etymology

From oo- + -gonium.

Related words

oogonial oocyte
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