adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy. not-comparable

   "The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals."

Adjective

1. 1
   egg-laying wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

broodyegglaying

Antonyms

All antonyms

ovoviviparousviviparous

Example

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"Easter bunnies are an oviparous species in the mammal family of Leporidae."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oviparus + -ous.

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