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Webster 1913 Edition


Oviferous

O-vif′er-ous

,
Adj.
[
Ov
um +
-ferous
: cf. F.
ovifère
.]
(Biol.)
Egg-bearing; – applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.

Definition 2024


oviferous

oviferous

English

Adjective

oviferous (not comparable)

  1. Producing or bearing eggs.