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OVIFEROUS

Definition: OVIFEROUS

OVIFEROUS

Adjective

1. 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Oviferous \O*vif"er*ous\, adjective. [Ovum -ferous: compare to the French expression ovif[`e]re.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: OVIFEROUS

Synonym by domain: ovigerous (medicine).

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Crosswords: OVIFEROUS

English words defined with "OVIFEROUS": Ovigerons. (references)

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Modern Translation: OVIFEROUS

Language Translations for "OVIFEROUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ovifer (ovigerous), oophor (ovigerous). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ovifeer (ovigerous). (various references)

   

French

  

ovigère (ovigerous). (various references)

   

German

  

oviger (ovigerous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ovigero (ovigerous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oviferousay

   

Portuguese

  

ovígero (ovigerous), ovífero (ovigerous). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ovígero (ovigerous), ovífero (ovigerous). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mang trứng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "OVIFEROUS"

Words rhyming with "OVIFEROUS" (pronounced 'O*vif"er*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: OVIFEROUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-i-o-o-r-s-u-v"

-2 letters: furioso.

-3 letters: fivers, furies, vireos.

-4 letters: euros, fires, fiver, fives, fores, fours, fries, frise, froes, oorie, osier, ourie, overs, reifs, rives, roofs, roose, roues, rouse, roves, serif, servo, sieur, siver, verso, viers, vireo, vires, virus, visor.

-5 letters: eros, euro, feus, fire, firs, five, foes, fore, four, froe, furs, fuse, ires, ores, ours, over, refs.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-o-o-r-s-u-v"
 

+1 letter: vociferous.

 

+3 letters: overfocusing, vociferously.

 

+4 letters: frivolousness, overfocussing.

 

+5 letters: overfastidious, vociferousness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OVIFEROUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 56 49 46 45 52 4F 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

---    ...-    ..    ..-.    .    .-.    ---    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010110 01001001 01000110 01000101 01010010 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#86 &#73 &#70 &#69 &#82 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0056 0049 0046 0045 0052 004F 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

495643403952495553

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Non-English Dictionaries with "OVIFEROUS"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, danese, dinamarquês, danés, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, holandês, holandés, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, francese, francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, allemand, tedesco, alemão, alemán, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, italiano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, português, portugués, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, espanhol, español

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnamita, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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