viviparous
adjective/vɪˈvɪpərəs/
/vɪˈvɪpərəs/
(biology)- (of an animal) producing live babies from its body rather than eggs compare oviparous, ovoviviparousTopics Biologyc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin viviparus (from vivus ‘alive’ + -parus ‘bearing’) + -ous.
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