Definition of "ovigerous" [o•vig•er•ous]

• Carrying or bearing eggs. (adjective)

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• "I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiæ, because I have not found them to be branchiæ; whereas _he himself_ admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiæ."
• "I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiae, because I have not found them to be branchiae; whereas he himself admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiae."
• "The ovigerous frena of certain cirripedes, which have ceased to give attachment to the ova and are feebly developed, are nascent branchiæ."