ovi-

1. a combining form meaning “egg,” used in the formation of compound words:

   oviferous.

ovi-

combining_form

1. egg or ovum

   ovotestis

   oviform

Word History and Origins

Origin of ovi-¹

< Latin ōvi-, combining form of ōvum egg ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of ovi-¹

from Latin ōvum

Example Sentences

At her feet was a dark excavation where was the skeleton of Ovi the King.

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In the ovi-viviparous dog-fish, the internal organs of the female have a very similar structure.

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There is therefore every reason to believe, that this animal also is ovi-viviparous in its mode of generation.

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When glass is used, there is no risk that the bed moth will find a place in which she can insert her ovi-positor and lay her eggs.

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And all this said of a youth of twenty—heu nimimn brevis ovi decus et desiderium!

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