oviger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A leg, of some pycnogonids, that is modified to carry eggs

Word forms

oviger ovigers

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”) and gero (“to carry”), or related forms. By surface analysis, ovi- + Latin -ger.

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