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VIVIPAROUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Producing living young (not eggs)

Synonyms:

live-bearing; viviparous

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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