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Viviparous

//vɪˈvɪpəɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species). not-comparable
  2. 2
    Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates). not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    producing living young (not eggs) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).

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