Definition of ovist. Meaning of ovist. Synonyms of ovist

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Definition of ovist

Ovist
Ovist O"vist, n. (Zo["o]l.) A believer in ovism.
Ovist
Ovist O"vist, n. (Biol.) Same as Ovulist.
ovist
Ovulist O"vu*list, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.

Meaning of ovist from wikipedia

- ****ertion in particular, Harvey is often credited with being the father of ovist preformationism. However, Harvey's ideas about the process of development...
- of thought, the ovists, believed that the ****ure human was in the egg, and that sperm merely stimulated the growth of the egg. Ovists thought women carried...
- Celtic Mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-280120-1. Ovist, Krista L. The integration of Mercury and Lugus: Myth and history in late...
- that it was the liquid part which could induce fertilisation. A staunch ovist, he believed that animal form was already developed in the eggs and fertilisation...
- "Hví namt hann sigri þá,   es þér þótti snjallr vesa?" "Óvíst 's at vita,   nær ulfr hinn hösvi [greypr] á sjöt goða." "Why did you then deprive him of...
- Retrieved 25 February 2018. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (23 January 2018). "Óvíst hvort Rakel snúi aftur á völlinn: "Sný aldrei alveg baki við handboltanum""...
- Retrieved 20 October 2019. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (20 October 2019). "Óvíst hvenær Björn snýr aftur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 October...
- Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 17 July 2016. "Tveir Skotar fara frá Keflavík – Óvíst með Magnús Þóri" [Two Scots go from KeflavikUncertain with Ásmundsson]...
- sigling í kvøld". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). Retrieved 2020-12-22. "Óvist nær Erla Kongsdóttir fer aftur í sigling". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese)...
- Magnús Már Einarsson (24 September 2019). "Fjölnir vill halda Rasmus - Óvíst hvað Albert gerir". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2020...