ovularian

\\|ävyəˌla(a)rēən also |ōv-\ adjective

Etymology: perhaps from New Latin ovulum ovule of a seed plant, small egg + English -ary + -an

: resembling an egg

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ovularian, a. and n. Zool.

(əʊvjuːˈlɛərɪən)

[f. mod.L. Ovulāria neut. pl. (Haeckel) + -an.]

a. adj. Belonging to the Ovularia, a group of Protozoa in Haeckel's classification, which remain throughout life in the condition of a single cell, thus resembling the ovules or ova of higher animals. b. n. An ovularian Protozoon.

in Cent. Dict.