egg; ovum

(of an animal) producing offspring that are gestated within eggs rather than via a placenta, these eggs hatching inside the mother's body before the young are born. For example, the Anaconda.

From the beginning.

A traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup.

A vegetarian whose diet excludes animal flesh, but accepts food that can be produced from a living animal without directly causing death (such as eggs, honey, and dairy products).

plural of lacto-ovo-vegetarian

plural of ovo-lacto-vegetarian

Alternative form of ovolactovegetarian

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteinase inhibitors found in hens' eggs.

plural of ovostatin