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OVIPAROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oviparous mean? 

OVIPAROUS (adjective)
  The adjective OVIPAROUS has 1 sense:

1. egg-layingplay

  Familiarity information: OVIPAROUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVIPAROUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Egg-laying

Similar:

broody (physiologically ready to incubate eggs)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Antonym:

ovoviviparous (producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body)

viviparous (producing living young (not eggs))


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