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See also: ovo, óvo, and óvó

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Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”).

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ovo-

  1. egg; ovum
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 611:
      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

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  1. ovo-

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”).

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ovo-

  1. ovo-

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