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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 647sphincter on the oviduct.ovicell n. [L. ovum, egg; cella, cell] (BRYO) 1. In Gymnolaemata,marine Cheilostomata with a modified zooeciumserving as a brood pouch. 2. In Stenolaemata, a gonozooid;an ooecium.oviducal gland (MOLL: Cephalopoda) A glandular complex oneach oviduct involved in egg coat formation; in some octopods,a sperm storage area.oviduct n. [L. ovum, egg; ducere, to lead] Ducts or passagescarrying female gametes from the ovary toward the exterior;a gonoduct. oviducal a.oviferous see ovigerousoviform a. [L. ovum, egg; forma, shape] Egg-like in shape.oviger n. [L. ovum, egg; gerere, to bear] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In some Pycnogonida, specialized egg carrying appendages,as well as functioning in cleaning the long legsand trunk surface.ovigerous a. [L. ovum, egg; gerere, to bear] Carrying eggs;oviferous.ovigerous frena (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Lepadomorpha Cirripedia,a fleshy ridge or lap on the inner surface <strong>of</strong> themantle anchoring the egg masses.ovigerous lamella (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In LepadomorphaCirripedia, the egg masses forming one or more lamellaewithin the cavity. see ovigerous frena.ovijector n. [L. ovum, egg; jacere, to throw] (NEMATA) A musculardevelopment <strong>of</strong> the vagina uterina that aids in thepassage <strong>of</strong> eggs.oviparous a. [L. ovum, egg; parere, to bring forth] Egg-laying.oviporus n. [L. ovum, egg; porus, passage] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Lepidoptera, the reproductive opening on segment 9that serves for the discharge <strong>of</strong> eggs.oviposit v. [L. ovum, egg; ponere, to place] To lay or depositeggs.oviposition n. [L. ovum, egg; ponere, to place] The act <strong>of</strong> depositingeggs.

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