OvulayoudaoicibaDictYouDict[Ovula 词源字典]
"A genus of gastropod molluscs related to the cowries (family Ovulidae), native especially to the tropical Pacific Ocean, some species of which have a pure white oval shell; (also ovula) a member of this genus. Chiefly attributive in ovula shell", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Ovula, genus name from post-classical Latin ovulum.[Ovula etymology, Ovula origin, 英语词源]