ovo-

See also: ovo, óvo, and óvó

English

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”).

Prefix

ovo-

  1. egg; ovum
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 611: [cf. oleaginous]
      This being just at the height of the culte de la mayonnaise then sweeping Belgium, oversize exhibits of the ovoöleaginous emulsion were to be encountered at every hand.

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Italian

Prefix

ovo-

  1. ovo-
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