Oviferous
Pronunciation : O*vif"er*ous
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Ovum + -ferous: cf. F. ovif?re.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913