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OVOVIVIPAROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ovoviviparous mean?
• OVOVIVIPAROUS (adjective)
The adjective OVOVIVIPAROUS has 1 sense:
1. producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
Familiarity information: OVOVIVIPAROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Antonym:
oviparous (egg-laying)
viviparous (producing living young (not eggs))
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