bearing eggs, roe, of egg-laying
bearing eggs or roe, ἰχθύες Arist. HA 621b20; ὠδῖνες ᾠ. the pains of egg-laying, Opp. H. 1.478.
The corpus record
ᾠο-φόρος
ootokphoros
bearing eggs
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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