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らん
1. [n] {zoology}
▶ ovum
▶ ovule
▶ egg cell



History:
5. A 2014-03-11 08:27:50  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
an 'oocyte' (卵母細胞) is not the same thing as an 'ovum'.  it becomes one
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<field>&zool;</field>
@@ -15 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>oocyte</gloss>
4. A* 2014-03-11 07:15:29  Jacopo Tedeschi <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
As Jim said, if you search 卵子 on many dictionaries you get the equivalence:

広辞苑 6th ed.
「➡卵(らん)に同じ。精子に対して用いる語。」

明鏡国語辞典 says
「雌の生殖細胞。精子と結合して受精卵となり、新個体をつくる。卵(らん)。⇔精子」
  Comments:
I think we should also add the "oocyte" notation here.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>oocyte</gloss>
3. A* 2014-03-11 04:05:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr (卵子 entry): "「卵(らん)」に同じ。"
  Comments:
Aligning glosses.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@
+<gloss>ovule</gloss>
+<gloss>egg cell</gloss>
2. A 2011-07-14 23:10:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2011-07-14 19:40:13  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij, gg5

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