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Spermatozoa vs Ovulist - What's the difference?

spermatozoa | ovulist |

As nouns the difference between spermatozoa and ovulist

is that spermatozoa is while ovulist is (biology|historical) a believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were enclosed one within the other.

spermatozoa

English

Noun

(head)

    • ovulist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology, historical) A believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were enclosed one within the other.

    • Synonyms

    * ovist (Webster 1913)