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Plural oogonia oogonia or oogoniums
- A female reproductive structure in certain algae and fungi. It is usually a rounded cell or sac containing one or more oospheres.
- A cell that arises from a primordial germ cell and differentiates into an oocyte in the ovary of female animals.
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