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viviparous
adjective
- bearing or bringing forth living young, as most mammals and some other animals do
- designating or of this type of reproduction
- Bot.
- germinating while still on the parent plant: said of certain seeds or bulbs
- producing such seeds or bulbs; proliferous
Related Forms:
- viviparity noun or viviparousness
- viviparously adverb
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