Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fertilized_ovum

1 sense of fertilized ovum

Sense 1
zygote, fertilized ovum -- ((genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell))
       => cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)