1) Bearing eggs 
egg-carrying
• (a.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.
(o-vif´әr-әs) producing ova.
O·vif'er·ous adjective [ Ov um + -ferous : confer French ovifère .] (Biol.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: ō-vif′ĕr-ŭs Definitions: 1. Carrying, containing, or producing oocytes. Synonyms: ovigerous
bearing eggs.