oviduct /ōˈvi-dukt/ noun (see duct; zoology)

The tube by which the egg escapes from the ovary

oviferous /ō-vifˈə-rəs/ adjective

(L ferre to bear) egg-carrying

oviform /ōˈvi-förm/ adjective

Egg-shaped

ovigerous /ōv-ijˈə-rəs/ adjective

(L gerere to carry) egg-carrying

oviparˈity /-parˈi-ti/ noun

oviparous /ō-vipˈə-rəs/ adjective

(L parere to bring forth) egg-laying

ovipˈarously adverb

oviposˈit intransitive verb

To deposit eggs with an ovipositor

oviposition /-pə-zishˈən/ noun

ovipositor /ō-vi-pozˈi-tər/ noun

(L positor, from pōnere to place) an egg-laying organ in female insects and some female fishes

oviraptor /ōˈvi-rapˈtər/ noun

A small two-footed dinosaur with short forelimbs, thought to have fed on eggs

ovisac /ōvˈi-sak/ noun

1. (L saccus; see sac¹) a brood-pouch
2. An egg capsule

ovo-lacˈto adjective

(of a vegetarian) having a diet excluding meat but permitting eggs and milk products

An ovo-lacto vegetarian

ovotestˈis noun (pl ovotestˈes /-tēz/)

An organ that produces both ova and spermatozoa

ovoviviparity /-parˈi-ti/ noun

ovoviviparous /ō-vō-vi-vipˈə-rəs or -vī-vipˈ/ adjective

(L vīvus living, and parere to bring forth) (of certain reptiles and fishes) producing eggs that are hatched in the body of the parent