Ovula

noun

Ovu·​la

ˈōvyələ

: a genus of marine snails related to and sometimes included in the Cypraeidae but now commonly made type of a separate family (Ovulidae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin ovum egg + -ula

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