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Ovipara
- - An artificial division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.
Ovoidal
- - Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.
Ovology
- - That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.
Ovrette
- noun - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel
Ovulate
- verb - produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month"
Ovulist
- - A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.
Owenite
- - A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.
Ox-Eyed
- adjective - having large round eyes like those of an ox; "ox-eyed Juno"