Ovular
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Of or pertaining to an ovule.
- 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 of or relating to an ovum wordnet
- 2 being or of the nature of an ovule wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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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