Oviferous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oviferous \O*vif"er*ous\, a. [Ovum + -ferous: cf. F.
     ovif[`e]re.] (Biol.)
     Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles,
     as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been
     excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.
     [1913 Webster]