OOSTEGITE; OOESTEGITE
O*ös"te*gite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched.
OOTHECA; OOETHECA
O`ö*the"ca, n.; pl. Oöthecæ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.
OOTOOID; OOETOOID; OOTOCOID; OOETOCOID
O*öt"*ooid, O*öt"o*coid, n. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A half oviparous, or an oviparous, mammal; a marsupial or monotreme.
OOTYPE; OOETYPE
O"ö*type, n. Etym: [Gr. -type.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.
OOZE Ooze, n. Etym: [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w juice, ooze, Icel. vas wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.]
1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. "My son i' the ooze is bedded." Shak.