ovo-

1. variant of ovi-:

   ovolactovegetarian.

ovo-

combining_form

1. a variant of ovi-

Example Sentences

Of plot Horace says little, only suggesting that the poet should not begin ab ovo but plunge at once into the midst of the action.

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Now this cone and stem are carried in the Bacchic festivities, and can be readily recognised as virga cum ovo.

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The creature is ovo-viviparous; that is, the eggs are hatched while still within the body of the parent.

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They are ovo-viviparous insects, and the young larv escape as such from the body of the mother.

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Or, when extended,—“Phronimi Diasmyrnes post impetum lippitudinis ex ovo.”

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