oviparous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.

/əʊˈvɪpəɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oviparous.wav /oʊˈvɪpəɹəs/

oviparous

Adapted borrowing of Late Latin ōviparus + -ous. By surface analysis, ovi- + -parous.

egglaying

oviparity ovoviviparous viviparous

oviparously oviparousness semioviparous

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