"ova" meaning in English

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Noun

Rhymes: -əʊvə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ova, plural of ovum (“egg”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ova}} Latin ova, {{m|la|ovum||egg}} ovum (“egg”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} ova
  1. (scientific term) plural of ovum Tags: form-of, plural Form of: ovum
    Sense id: en-ova-en-noun--lRSpRPn Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} ova, {{en-prep}} ova
  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of over. Tags: alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: over
    Sense id: en-ova-en-prep-O5Qg3sXC Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for ova meaning in English (2.2kB)

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