Viviparous Definition

vī-vĭpər-əs, vĭ-
adjective
Bearing or bringing forth living young, as most mammals and some other animals do.
Webster's New World
Designating or of this type of reproduction.
Webster's New World
Germinating while still on the parent plant: said of certain seeds or bulbs.
Webster's New World
Producing such seeds or bulbs; proliferous.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • live-bearing
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Origin of Viviparous

  • From Latin vīviparus vīvus alive gwei- in Indo-European roots -parus -parous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vÄ«viparus, from vÄ«vus (“alive") + pariō (“give birth").

    From Wiktionary

Viviparous Sentence Examples

  • Prosorhocmus claparedii is a viviparous form.

  • Sea-snakes are viviparous and pass their whole life in the water; they soon die when brought on shore.

  • They are unable to move on land, feed on fishes, are viviparous and poisonous.

  • Marsupials may be defined as viviparous (that is non-egglaying) mammals, in which the young are born in an imperfect condition, and almost immediately attached to the teats of the mammary glands; the latter being generally enclosed in a pouch, and the front edge of the pelvis being always furnished with epipubic or "marsupial" bones.

  • A, Winged female; B, winged D, viviparous wingless female from in patches from old apple trees, where the insects live in the rough bark and form cankered growths both above and below ground.

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