| APIVOROUS | • apivorous adj. That feeds on bees. • APIVOROUS adj. eating bees. |
| OVIPAROUS | • oviparous adj. Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy. • OVIPAROUS adj. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| AVOIRDUPOIS | • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary… • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. • avoirdupois n. (Chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| POLYOMAVIRUS | • polyomavirus n. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals. • Polyomavirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – now split into genera Alphapolyomavirus… |
| AVOIRDUPOISES | • avoirdupoises n. Plural of avoirdupois. • AVOIRDUPOIS n. (French) a system of weights in which the pound (lb.) has 16 ounces. |
| OVOVIVIPAROUS | • ovoviviparous adj. Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body. • ovo-viviparous adj. (Of an animal) producing offspring that are gestated within eggs rather than via a placenta, these eggs… • OVOVIVIPAROUS adj. producing eggs which are hatched in the parent's body. |
| SEMIOVIPAROUS | • semioviparous adj. (Zoology, obsolete) Imperfectly viviparous; giving birth to immature young that finish developing outside… • SEMIOVIPAROUS adj. bringing forth young in an incomplete developmental state. |
| OVERPERSUASION | • overpersuasion n. Excessive persuasion. • OVERPERSUASION n. excessive persuasion. |
| POLYOMAVIRUSES | • polyomaviruses n. Plural of polyomavirus. |
| SUPEROVULATION | • superovulation n. The act or process of superovulating. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |
| OVERPERSUASIONS | • overpersuasions n. Plural of overpersuasion. • OVERPERSUASION n. excessive persuasion. |
| OVERPOPULATIONS | • overpopulations n. Plural of overpopulation. • OVERPOPULATION n. population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration. |
| OVERSPECULATION | • overspeculation n. (Finance) Excessive or very risky speculation. • OVERSPECULATION n. excessive speculation. |
| OVOVIVIPAROUSLY | • ovoviviparously adv. In an ovoviviparous manner. • OVOVIVIPAROUS adv. producing eggs which are hatched in the parent's body. |
| POSTDEVALUATION | • postdevaluation adj. After a financial devaluation. • POSTDEVALUATION adj. taking place after devaluation. |
| SUPEROVULATIONS | • superovulations n. Plural of superovulation. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |