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Ovulate

To produce eggs or ova

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verb

1
To produce eggs or ova

adjective

1
Containing, or bearing, an ovule.

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strobilusnoun	(botany) A cone-shaped fruiting body sensu stricto of gymnosperms and vascular plants other than angiosperms, bearing either seeds or spores, but sensu lato may refer to similarly structured catkins and cones in angiosperms; usage arbitrary according to preferences of various authorities.
strobilinoun	strobiles
ovipositverb	(intransitive, zoology or paraphilia) To lay eggs.
lay an eggverb	(of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg.
ovariotomizeverb	(transitive) To perform an ovariotomy upon.
procreateverb	(intransitive) To reproduce.
breednoun	All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
spawnnoun	The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
fertilizeverb	To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
fecundateverb	To make fertile.
birthnoun	(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
turn outverb	(intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
gestateverb	(intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
reproduceverb	(transitive or intransitive, biology) To generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually.
broodnoun	The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
give birthverb	(intransitive, of viviparous animals) To release live offspring from the body into the environment.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
bearnoun	A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
operateverb	(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
foalnoun	A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.