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What does ovigerous mean?

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Adjective
  1. carrying or bearing eggs.
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Ovigerous female Crangon have also been collected from the offshore neuston of the Bay of Fundy in March and October, but the egg stage was not determined.
The sampling strategy should include a differentiation of stages, including adult and ovigerous females.
The oviductal gland secretes a tacky elastic substance that mixes with eggs as they are laid and holds them in one or two discrete masses called ovigerous lamellae.
The lining develops numerous ovigerous folds that project into the lumen and greatly increase the surface area for proliferation of eggs.

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