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ovipara

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o⋅vip⋅a⋅ra

  [oh-vip-er-uh]
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–plural noun Zoology.
egg-laying animals.
Origin:
< NL, L, n. use of neut. pl. of ōviparus oviparous
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o·vip·a·ra   (ō-vĭp'ər-ə)   
pl.n.  Oviparous animals considered as a group.

[Latin ōvipara, neuter pl. of ōviparus, egg-laying : ōvi-, ovi- + -parus, -parous.]
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