Ovoviviparity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The condition of being ovoviviparous. uncountable
"I have not had opportunities of examining any of the animals of this group preserved in spirits, but have found no difficulty in making out the fact of ovoviviparity by macerating the dried animal in cabinet specimens of the shells, when the oviduct in the females, in several species, was found to be filled with young animals with four- to six-whorled shells about one-eighth of an inch in length."
Example
More examples"I have not had opportunities of examining any of the animals of this group preserved in spirits, but have found no difficulty in making out the fact of ovoviviparity by macerating the dried animal in cabinet specimens of the shells, when the oviduct in the females, in several species, was found to be filled with young animals with four- to six-whorled shells about one-eighth of an inch in length."
Etymology
From ovo- “egg” + vīvus (alive, living, vivid; more at vivid) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”) + -ity.
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