O-vĭf'er-ōŭs, a.
a. [Lat. ovum, egg, and ferre, to bear; Fr. ovifere, Sp. ovifero.] Egg-bearing;—an epithet applied to certain receptacles for eggs, after being excluded from the formative organs.
a. [Lat. ovum, egg, and ferre, to bear; Fr. ovifere, Sp. ovifero.] Egg-bearing;—an epithet applied to certain receptacles for eggs, after being excluded from the formative organs.