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English noun: zona pellucida

1. zona pellucida (body) thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus


Broader (hypernym)zona, zone









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