oophore etymology

English word oophore comes from English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.), English oo- (Relating to eggs or ova.)

Detailed word origin of oophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
oo- English (eng) Relating to eggs or ova.
oophore English (eng) (biology) A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.

Words with the same origin as oophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore
Descendants of oo-
aboospore ooblast oocyan oocyst oofamily oogamy oogenesis oogenetic oogenus ooid ooidal oolite oolitic oologic oological oologist oology oophagy oophorous oophyte oospecies oospore ootaxon oozooid