About The Word Viviparous
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Viviparous
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What's The Definition Of Viviparous?
[adj] (zoology) producing living young (not eggs)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Viviparous: Related Terms | Find terms related to Viviparous: See Also | Viviparous In Webster's Dictionary \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. {Viper}.] (Biol.)
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as
those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves
germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually
do; -- opposed to {oviparous}.
{Viviparous fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Embiotocoid}.
{Viviparous shell} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to
{Viviparus}, {Melantho}, and allied genera. Their young,
when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
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