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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] + [GREEK] a roof.]

(Zool.)

One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched.

See also: oöstegite

oostegite ‎(plural oostegites)

(zoology) One of the plates which, in some crustaceans, enclose a cavity in which the eggs are hatched.