| ovinia | Synonym: sheep-pox. Origin: L. Ovinus, relating to a sheep (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ovioular | <biology> Of or pertaining to an egg. Origin: L. Ovum = an egg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ovipara | <zoology> An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -opposed to Vivipara. Origin: NL. See Oviparous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oviparity | <biology> Generatuon by means of ova. See Generation. See: Oviparous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oviparous | Egg-laying. Producing eggs which hatch after leaving the body of the female. Germinating while still attached to the parent plant, for example: mangrove. (09 Oct 1997) |
| oviposit | To lay eggs; applied especially to insects. Origin: ovi-+ L. Pono, pp. Positus, to place (05 Mar 2000) |
| oviposition | Act of laying or depositing eggs by insects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ovipositor | <zoology> The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same. Origin: L. Ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. Ponere to place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ovisac | <anatomy> A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ovist | <biology> Same as Ovulist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ovo- | Egg. See: oo-, ovi-. Origin: L. Ovum (05 Mar 2000) |
| ovo-vegetarian | A vegetarian who consumes eggs but does not consume dairy products nor animal flesh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ovochymase | <enzyme> A chymotrypsin-like protease; released during xenopus egg activation; partial amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| ovococcus | <biology> A germinal vesicle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ovocyte | Synonym: oocyte. Origin: ovo-+ G. Kytos, a hollow (cell) (05 Mar 2000) |