Definition of viviparous. Meaning of viviparous. Synonyms of viviparous

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Definition of viviparous

Viviparous
Viviparous 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.

Meaning of viviparous from wikipedia

- similar to a live birth. The term "viviparity" and its adjective form "viviparous" both derive from the Latin vivus, meaning "living"; and pario, meaning...
- The viviparous lizard, or common lizard, (Zootoca vivipara, formerly Lacerta vivipara) is a Eurasian lizard. It lives ****her north than any other species...
- "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous and live-bearing viviparous reproduction. Ovoviviparous animals possess embryos that develop inside...
- development during the carrying of an embryo, and later fetus, inside viviparous animals (the embryo develops within the parent). It is typical for mammals...
- The viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), also known as the, viviparous blenny and European eelpout is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to...
- Grammonus nagaredai, or the Nagareda's viviparous brotula, is a species of viviparous brotula found in the Hawaiian Islands where it occurs at depths of...
- those that are found in freshwater are viviparous with internal fertilization. The Bythitidae are also viviparous although one species, Dinematichthys ilucoeteoides...
- Moorean viviparous tree snail can refer to any one of several species of mollusc: Partula aurantia Partula exigua Partula mirabilis Partula mooreana Partula...
- oviparous (egg-laying) and some are viviparous (live-bearing). Oviparous varieties release eggs into the water. Viviparous varieties release larvae, which...
- Zoarces elongatus, the eastern viviparous blenny, is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae, described by Rudolf Kner in 1868. The species is endemic to the...