Definition for O-VI'FER-OUS, or O-VIG'ER-OUS

O-VI'FER-OUS, or O-VIG'ER-OUS, a. [L. ovum and fero, or gero.]

Egg-bearing; an epithet applied to certain receptacles for eggs, after being excluded from the formative organs.

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