ovum

The Oklahoma measure defines fertilisation as the "fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum".

From BBC ● May 19, 2022

The meds listed in the law prevent pregnancy in the first place, blocking the sperm from entering the ovum.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2019

Let us take a ride, For truly, sir, thy life is incomplete ’Til viridescent ovum thou hast tried Together with a slice of glaucous meat!

From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019

When a sperm and ovum combine during fertilization, the result is a single cell with a full set of genes, called the zygote.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018

It is no longer necessary to guess about the storage of insecticides in the eggs of birds, which obviously lend themselves to this kind of observation more readily than the mammalian ovum.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

A female has a system “developed to produce ova” while a male has a system “developed to fertilize” that ova.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

The bill defines female as having XX chromosomes, and a reproductive and endocrine system that produces or would produce ova, or eggs.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

For example, in many mammal species, ova producers do most of the infant care.

From Scientific American ● May 1, 2023

But the fact that the woman produced ova did not necessarily mean she was a source of life.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022

Panoistic, pan-ō-is′tik, adj. producing ova only—opp. to Meroistic.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various