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Oviparous

Oviparous Meaning & Definition
Oviparous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oviparous?

[adj] (zoology) egg-laying

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oviparous: brood | brooding | broody | hatching

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Oviparous In Webster's Dictionary

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

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