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OVIPAROUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Egg-laying

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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