What is "ootype"

Ootype \O"["o]*type\, n. [Gr. ? + -type.] (Zo["o]l.) The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.

n. (context zoology English) The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ovum are completed and furnished with a shell.