Definitions for: Viviparous


[adj] (zoology) producing living young (not eggs)



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Antonyms: oviparous, ovoviviparous

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