Crossword-Solution: OVULATED 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Ten females collected in the period from June 2 to 8, after they had ovulated, all had follicles falling in at least one of these size groups, and eight had follicles falling in two or more of the groups.

Enlarged follicles represent future clutches but whether the enlarged follicles will be ovulated in the same season or in a later season is questionable.

For example, a specimen killed in July had four corpora lutea on the right ovary and two on the left and there were five enlarged follicles (of the medium size group), representing the next set of eggs to be ovulated, four on the left ovary and one on the right.

Corpora albicantia remain on the ovary until April of the year following ovulation but disappear in May and are never present after the new set of eggs is ovulated.

Once they are ovulated, the eggs are exposed to but few hazards until laid; counts of corpora lutea are an accurate indication of the number of eggs laid.