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A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granularprotoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth developsinto a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent;an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.
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an egg cell produced by a woman or female animal:
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A mature female reproductive cell, especially of a human or other animal, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.
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