VIVIPAROUS


Meaning of VIVIPAROUS in English

/ vɪˈvɪpərəs; NAmE / adjective

( biology ) ( of an animal ) producing live babies from its body rather than eggs

—compare oviparous , ovoviviparous

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from Latin viviparus (from vivus alive + -parus bearing) + -ous .

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