■ combining form Biology bearing offspring of a specified number or in a specified way: multiparous | viviparous.
Origin
from L. -parus '-bearing' (from parere 'bring forth, produce') + -ous .
■ combining form Biology bearing offspring of a specified number or in a specified way: multiparous | viviparous.
Origin
from L. -parus '-bearing' (from parere 'bring forth, produce') + -ous .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004