English

Prefix

ovo-

1. Forming compound words with the sense ‘related to eggs or ova’.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• ovopathy

Italian

Prefix

ovo-

1. ovo-