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