OVIPAROUS

oviparous

(adjective) egg-laying

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

oviparous (not comparable)

Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.

Anagrams

• apivorous

Source: Wiktionary


O*vip"a*rous, a. Etym: [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.)

Definition: Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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