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Definition of viviparous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

viviparous

adjective
 
/vɪˈvɪpərəs/
 
/vɪˈvɪpərəs/
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  1. (of an animal) producing live babies from its body rather than eggs compare oviparous, ovoviviparousTopics Biologyc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin viviparus (from vivus ‘alive’ + -parus ‘bearing’) + -ous.
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