o·vo·vi·vip·a·rous
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| producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes. |
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o·vo·vi·vip·a·rism, o·vo·vi·vi·par·i·ty
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adj. Producing eggs that hatch within the female's body without obtaining nourishment from it. Used of certain fishes and reptiles and many invertebrates. o'vo·vi'vi·par'i·ty (-vī'və-pār'ĭ-tē), o'vo·vi·vip'a·rous·ness (-vĭp'ər-əs-nĭs) n., o'vo·vi·vip'a·rous·ly adv. |
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| producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body [ant: live-bearing, oviparous] |
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Producing eggs that hatch within the female's body. Some fish and reptiles are ovoviviparous. Compare oviparous, viviparous. |
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Ovoviviparous
O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare.] (Biol.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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