Definitions

Ovigerous

• Bearing developing embryos in the marsupium. [Wilson, 1989]
• Bearing eggs attached to the pleopods. [Ingle, 1983]
• Bearing or carrying eggs. [Bliss, 1982]
• Pertaining to the condition of, or a female, carrying external fertilized eggs. [Butler, T. H.]

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