Ovular

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A seminar for feminists. rare

    "Trebilco considers 'seminar' offensively 'masculinist', so she has replaced it with ovular, which she regards as its feminist equivalent."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to an ovule.
  2. 2
    Oval. rare

    "There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to an ovum wordnet
  2. 2
    being or of the nature of an ovule wordnet

Synonyms

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egg-shapedovalovateovule-bearingseminar

Example

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"The male has an abdomen which is slightly flattened and, moreover, curved at the tip; the female, before the laying, has hers full and perceptibly distended by its ovular contents."

Etymology

From ovule + -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

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