oviparous

oviparous
Egg-laying; denoting those birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, monotreme mammals, and invertebrates whose young develop in eggs outside of the maternal body. [L. oviparus, fr. ovum, egg, + pario, to bear]

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ovip·a·rous ō-'vip-(ə-)rəs adj producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body also involving the production of such eggs compare LARVIPAROUS, OVOVIVIPAROUS, VIVIPAROUS
ovip·a·rous·ness n

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ovip·a·rous (o-vipґə-rəs) [ovi- + -parous] capable of producing eggs from which the young are hatched outside the body of the maternal organism. Cf. ovoviviparous and viviparous.

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  • Oviparous — O*vip a*rous, a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; opposed to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • oviparous — oviparous. См. яйцекладущий. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • oviparous — (adj.) producing eggs that are hatched outside the body of the female, 1640s, from L. oviparus, from ovum egg (see EGG (Cf. egg) (n.)) + stem of parere to bring forth (see PARE (Cf. pare)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • oviparous — ► ADJECTIVE Zoology ▪ producing young by means of eggs which are hatched after they have been laid by the parent, as in birds. Compare with VIVIPAROUS(Cf. ↑viviparous) …   English terms dictionary

  • oviparous — [ō vip′ə rəs] adj. [L oviparus: see OVI & PAROUS] 1. producing eggs that develop and hatch after leaving the body of the female 2. designating or of this type of reproduction: See VIVIPAROUS oviparity [ō΄vi par′ə tē] n. oviparousness oviparously… …   English World dictionary

  • oviparous — adjective Egg laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy. The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals. See Also: ovoviviparous …   Wiktionary

  • oviparous — o|vip|a|rous [əuˈvıpərəs US ou ] adj technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: oviparus, from ovum ( OVUM) + parus producing ] an animal, fish, bird etc that is oviparous produces eggs that develop outside its body …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • oviparous — adjective technical an animal, fish, bird etc that is oviparous produces eggs that develop outside its body …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • oviparous — adjective Etymology: Latin oviparus, from ov + parus parous Date: 1646 producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body; also involving the production of such eggs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • oviparous — adjective for oviparity …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • oviparous — adj. [L. ovum, egg; parere, to bring forth] Egg laying …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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