Webster's Dictionary 1913

2917

Ovipositing

{ O′vi‐pos″it‐ing (?), O′vi‐po‐si″tion (?), } n. The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

2918

Ovipositor

O′vi‐pos″i‐tor (?), n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zoöl.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneu...

2919

Ovisac

O″vi‐sac (?), n. [Ovum + sac.] (Anat.) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

2920

Ovism

O″vism (?), n. [Ovum + -ism.] (Zoöl.) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awake...

2921

Ovist

O″vist (?), n.(Biol.) Same as Ovulist.

2922

Ovist (2)

O″vist (?), n.(Zoöl.) A believer in ovism.

2923

Ovococcus

‖O′vo‐coc″cus (?), n.; pl.Ovococci (#). [Ovum + Gr. � grain, seed.] (Biol.) A germinal vesicle.

2924

Ovoid

{ O″void (?), O‐void″al (?), } a. [Ovum + -oid: cf. F. ovoïde.] Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.

2925

Ovoid (2)

O″void (?), n. A solid resembling an egg in shape.

2926

Ovolo

O″vo‐lo (?), n. [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule.] (Arch.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.☞ In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in sect...

2927

Ovology

O‐vol″o‐gy (?), n. [Ovum + -logy. Cf. F. ovologie.] That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.

2928

Ovoplasma

O′vo‐plas″ma (?), n. [Ovum + plasma.] (Boil.) Yolk; egg yolk. Haeckel.

2929

Ovotesttis

O′vo‐test″tis (?), n. [NL. See Ovum, and Testis.] (Zoöl.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

2930

Ovoviviparous

O‐vo‐vi‐vip″a‐rous (?), a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare.] (Biol.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.

2931

Ovular

O″vu‐lar (?), a.(Biol.) Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth.

2932

Ovulary

O″vu‐la‐ry (?), a.(Biol.) Pertaining to ovules.

2933

Ovulate

O″vu‐late (?), a.(Biol.) Containing an ovule or ovules.

2934

Ovulation

O′vu‐la″tion (?), n.(Physiol.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.

2935

Ovule

O″vule (?), n. [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.] (Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two...

2936

Ovuliferous

O′vu‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [Ovule + -ferous.] (Biol.) Producing ovules.

2937

Ovulist

O″vu‐list (?), n.(Biol.) 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 fec...

2938

Ovulite

O″vu‐lite (?), n. [Ovum + -lite.] A fossil egg.

2939

Ovulum

‖O″vu‐lum (?), n.; pl.Ovula (#). [NL. See Ovule.] (Biol.) An ovule.

2940

Ovum

‖O″vum (ō″vŭm), n.; pl. L. Ova (–vȧ), E. Ovums (#). [L., an egg. See Oval.] 1. (Biol.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process o...

2941

Owch

Owch (ouch), n. See Ouch. Speser.

2942

Owe

Owe (ō), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Owed (ōd), (Ought (a̤t) obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.Owing (ō″ĭng).] [OE. owen, awen, aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe, AS. āgan to have; akin ...

2943

Owel

Ow″el (?), a. [OF. oel, owel, iwel, ivel, F. égal, fr. L. aequalis.] (Law) Equal. Burrill.