ovariole

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noun

a tubular component of the insect ovary, a basic unit of egg production

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Meanings

nounovariole (plural ovarioles)

plural ovarioles

  1. a tubular component of the insect ovary, a basic unit of egg production

    The oocytes develop in the ovarioles. The ovaries of Collembola are probably not homologous with those of insects, but are sac-like with a lateral germarium and no ovarioles.

    1998, Reginald Frederick Chapman, The Insects

Origin

From ovary + -ole.

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ovariole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovariole

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“ovariole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovariole. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ovariole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovariole.

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