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Meaning of "ovigerous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVIGEROUS

əʊˈvɪdʒərəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVIGEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ovigerous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVIGEROUS

armigerous · calcigerous · clavigerous · cornigerous · crinigerous · dangerous · dentigerous · elytrigerous · gingerous · Honduras · lanigerous · morigerous · perjurous · plumigerous · pupigerous · scapigerous · setigerous · spinigerous · usurous · verdurous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVIGEROUS

ovicidal · ovicide · Ovid · Ovidian · oviducal · oviduct · oviductal · Oviedo · oviferous · oviform · ovine · oviparity · oviparous · oviparously · oviposit · oviposition · ovipositional · ovipositor · oviraptor · ovisac

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVIGEROUS

adulterous · boisterous · cadaverous · cancerous · coniferous · cruciferous · generous · humorous · lecherous · murderous · noncancerous · odoriferous · onerous · preposterous · prosperous · seminiferous · serous · slanderous · splendiferous · thunderous · treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of ovigerous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ovigerous» into 25 languages

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zh

Translator English - Chinese

产卵
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ovígera
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ovigerous
510 millions of speakers
hi

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ovigerous
380 millions of speakers
ar

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منتج للبيض
280 millions of speakers
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ovigerous
278 millions of speakers
pt

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ovígera
270 millions of speakers
bn

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ovigerous
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ovigères
220 millions of speakers
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Ovigerous
190 millions of speakers
de

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ovigerous
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

抱卵
130 millions of speakers
ko

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ovigerous
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ovigerous
85 millions of speakers
vi

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ovigerous
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ovigerous
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अंडाकार
75 millions of speakers
tr

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ovigerous
70 millions of speakers
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ovigeri
65 millions of speakers
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ovigerous
50 millions of speakers
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ovigerous
40 millions of speakers
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ovigerous
30 millions of speakers
el

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ovigerous
15 millions of speakers
af

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ovigerous
14 millions of speakers
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ovigerous
10 millions of speakers
no

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ovigerous
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVIGEROUS»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVIGEROUS»

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Crustacean Egg Production
Gonadal condition of ovigerous and recently ovigerous femals of Vca subcylindrica (n = 25). small, yolk-poor eggs (because of the substantial quantities of protein and lipid required), the benefit was that embryonic development would be long; ...
Armand Kuris, 1990
2
Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology
The regression parameters of the relationship between carapace shield length and number of eggs in P. alatus ovigerous females were the following: log (egg number) =3.11+2.06 log (shield length) (r2=0.74; F-ratio=253.77; p<0.01), while ...
Maria Thessalou-Legaki, M. Thessalou-Legaki, 2006
3
Larval Release Rhythms and Larval Behavior of Palinurid ...
Figure 1: Mean times of larval release for individual Panulirus argus ovigerous females on consecutive nights when exposed to a light:dark cycle............................ .......................29 Figure 2: Carapace size of ovigerous Panulirus argus relative to ...
Tracy Ann Ziegler, 2007
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In the Wrong Place - Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, ...
1.2 Early Records of Ovigerous Crabs Andrews et al. (1981: Table 1) appear to have recorded the first berried mitten crab (see Fig. 1) for the Thames taken from West Thurrock Power Station in January 1979, which incidentally was returned ...
Bella S. Galil, Paul F. Clark, James T. Carlton, 2011
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The cyclopaedia of anatomy and physiology
In the lower forms, ovigerous organs only have been discovered, in which the ova are secreted, and when matured, escape from the body, fit in every respect for the production of a new animal. In other instances, in addition to the apparatus  ...
Robert Bentley Todd, 1839
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The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology
At certain periods of the year, besides the polype-bearing cells, other horny receptacles are developed, called the ovigerous vesicles (Jig. 55, k), in which the ova are produced. The ovigenous vesicles are differently disposed according to the ...
Robert Bentley Todd, 1852
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The Biodiversity Crisis and Crustacea - Proceedings of the ...
Ingle (1993) reported that the smallest ovigerous female he examined was si 4.1 mm and the largest specimens he examined had a si of 8.0 mm. Both Gherardi ( 1991) and Southward & Southward (1977) commented on the occurrence of ...
J. Carel von Vaupel Klein, 2000
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The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology: DIA-INS
Taking this view of the subject, we find, upon cursorily glancing over the ovigerous classes of animals, that important modifications of structure in the generative system render further classification necessary. In the lower form*, ovigerous ...
Robert Bentley Todd, 1839
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Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea
Abundance (number of organisms per sampling unit) of males, females, ovigerous females and juveniles of Panopcus mirafloresensis collected on Rhizophora mangle roots in six sampling locations in Estero de Urias coastal lagoon, Sinaloa.
Crustacean Society. Summer Meeting, Elva Escobar-Briones, Fernando Alvarez, 2002
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Marine Eutrophication and Population Dynamics: 25th European ...
To maintain the populations, 150- 200 ovigerous females were transferred into new bowls every two months. These standard conditions were maintained until the execution of the experiments. Food consisted of fragments of boiled wheat and ...
Giuseppe Colombo, 1992

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVIGEROUS»

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Female Crabs Only Eat Their Own Young When They're Hungry
Female crabs that recently carried eggs, i.e. ovigerous, ate only 25-30% of their own larvae. Non-ovigerous…well they got their 'eat on' ... «Deep-Sea News, Jul 14»
2
Atlantic amphipods are now reproducing in Arctic waters
New findings contradicted this assumption: "The catches in the months of August and September 2011 contained ovigerous females and ... «Phys.Org, Dec 13»
3
Live forever! Can science deliver immortality?
A benefit of ovigerous sexual reproduction is greater complexity for the entire species. Each descendant obtains a bit of both parents' germ ... «Salon, Aug 13»
4
RSPCA compromised by Freedom Food certification for farmed …
It should also be noted that an ovigerous adult female louse may produce up to 1000 eggs. For example a farm holding 400,000 fish, even if it ... «For Argyll, Jan 13»
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How to Farm Scalloped Spiny Lobster
Fertilisation occurs in the mix and fertilised eggs become attached to long ovigerous setae on the pleopods. Each female can produce several ... «TheFishSite.com, Nov 11»
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