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viviparous
(encz) | viviparous,živorodý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Viviparous
(gcide) | Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper.] (Biol.)
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as
those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves
germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually
do; -- opposed to oviparous.
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Viviparous fish. (Zool.) See Embiotocoid.
Viviparous shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to
Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young,
when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
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viviparous
(wn) | viviparous
adj 1: producing living young (not eggs) [syn: viviparous,
live-bearing] [ant: oviparous, ovoviviparous] |
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ovoviviparous
(encz) | ovoviviparous, adj: |
viviparous eelpout
(encz) | viviparous eelpout, n: |
Ovoviviparous
(gcide) | Ovoviviparous \O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf.
F. ovovivipare.] (Biol.)
Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body,
as some fishes and reptiles.
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Viviparous
(gcide) | Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper.] (Biol.)
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as
those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves
germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually
do; -- opposed to oviparous.
[1913 Webster]
Viviparous fish. (Zool.) See Embiotocoid.
Viviparous shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to
Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young,
when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
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Viviparous fish
(gcide) | Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper.] (Biol.)
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as
those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves
germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually
do; -- opposed to oviparous.
[1913 Webster]
Viviparous fish. (Zool.) See Embiotocoid.
Viviparous shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to
Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young,
when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
[1913 Webster]Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of
one genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocid[ae]. -- n. One
of a family of fishes (Embiotocid[ae]) abundant on the
coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also
called surf fish and viviparous fish. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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viviparous fish
(gcide) | Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper.] (Biol.)
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as
those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves
germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually
do; -- opposed to oviparous.
[1913 Webster]
Viviparous fish. (Zool.) See Embiotocoid.
Viviparous shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to
Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young,
when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
[1913 Webster]Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of
one genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocid[ae]. -- n. One
of a family of fishes (Embiotocid[ae]) abundant on the
coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also
called surf fish and viviparous fish. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Viviparous shell
(gcide) | Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper.] (Biol.)
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as
those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves
germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually
do; -- opposed to oviparous.
[1913 Webster]
Viviparous fish. (Zool.) See Embiotocoid.
Viviparous shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to
Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young,
when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
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Viviparously
(gcide) | Viviparously \Vi*vip"a*rous*ly\, adv. (Biol.)
In a viviparous manner.
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Viviparousness
(gcide) | Viviparousness \Vi*vip"a*rous*ness\, n. (Biol.)
The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.
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ovoviviparous
(wn) | ovoviviparous
adj 1: producing living young from eggs that hatch within the
body [ant: live-bearing, oviparous, viviparous] |
viviparous eelpout
(wn) | viviparous eelpout
n 1: an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous [syn:
viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus] |
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