Oviferous

[әu'vifәrәs]

Definition

(a.) 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.

Editor: Nolan

Definition

adj. egg-bearing.—n. O′vifer a small wire cage on a solid base for carrying an egg safely.

Editor: Murdoch