单词 | oviferous |
释义 | oviferousadj. Chiefly Zoology. Bearing or carrying eggs; adapted for carrying eggs; ovigerous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > bearing or carrying eggs oviferous1828 ovigerous1835 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > ovum oval1646 ovarious1730 oviferous1828 ovular1848 ovulary1848 ovuliferous1848 multiovular1849 multiovulate1857 ovigenous1872 moruloid1880 ovuligerous1888 ovoblastic1922 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of parts of > of receptacle for ova oviferous1828 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 189 Anthosoma,..extremity of the abdomen with two oviferous cylindrical and elongated tubes. 1844 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 114 The oviferous legs are very strong. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 159 In Rhodeus the oviduct is periodically prolonged into a long oviferous tube, by means of which the female deposits her ova. 1916 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Life of Caterpillar ix. 210 For three or four days, exposed to the roughness of the soil, the oviferous bag leads a wretched life. 1964 Amer. Midland Naturalist 71 279 I discovered an oviferous female mud snake that had completed a nesting hole in a sandy hummock. 1992 D. Pinckney High Cotton iii. 73 One of those oviferous families of religious girls who weren't even allowed radio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1828 |
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