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ovivorous

ovivorous adjective: egg-eating.

Adjective

ovivorous (not comparable)

  1. Egg-eating.
    Synonyms:
    oophagic, oophagous

Synonyms of ovivorous

Origin of ovivorous

From ovi- (“egg”) + -vorous.

Words that rhyme with ovivorous

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Questions about ovivorous

What does ovivorous mean?
Ovivorous means egg-eating.
What part of speech is ovivorous?
Ovivorous is an adjective.

Words near ovivorous in the dictionary

  1. ovitrap
  2. ovitrapping
  3. ovitraps
  4. oviviviparity
  5. oviviviparous
  6. ovivorous
  7. ovo-
  8. ovo-lacto-vegetarian
  9. ovo-lacto-vegetarians
  10. ovo-viviparous
  11. ovoalbumin

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