Viviparous synonyms

vī-vĭp'ər-əs, vĭ-

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oviparous (related)
Producing eggs that develop and hatch after leaving the body of the female
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ovoviviparous (related)
Producing eggs that hatch within the female's body, as in certain fishes and reptiles and many invertebrates.
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live-bearing
producing living young (not eggs)
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Viviparous Sentence Examples

  • Prosorhocmus claparedii is a viviparous form.

  • Sea-snakes are viviparous and pass their whole life in the water; they soon die when brought on shore.

  • They are unable to move on land, feed on fishes, are viviparous and poisonous.

  • that the ichthyosaur was a viviparous animal.

  • Marsupials may be defined as viviparous (that is non-egglaying) mammals, in which the young are born in an imperfect condition, and almost immediately attached to the teats of the mammary glands; the latter being generally enclosed in a pouch, and the front edge of the pelvis being always furnished with epipubic or "marsupial" bones.

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