- ovoviviparously
- adverb see ovoviviparous
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ovoviviparously
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ovoviviparously — See ovoviviparity. * * * … Universalium
ovoviviparously — adv. of the hatching of live eggs (live hatchlings which hatch inside the mother s body and are born with no placenta) … English contemporary dictionary
ovoviviparously — ovo·viviparously … English syllables
ovoviviparously — adverb see ovoviviparous … Useful english dictionary
ovoviviparous — adjective Date: 1801 producing eggs that develop within the maternal body (as of various fishes or reptiles) and hatch within or immediately after release from the parent • ovoviviparously adverb • ovoviviparousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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ovoviviparous — ovoviviparism, ovoviviparity /oh voh vuy veuh par i tee/, ovoviviparousness, n. ovoviviparously, adv. /oh voh vuy vip euhr euhs/, adj. Zool. producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental… … Universalium
ovoviviparous — /oʊvoʊvəˈvɪpərəs/ (say ohvohvuh vipuhruhs) adjective producing eggs which are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles, fishes, insects, etc. {ovo (combining form of ovum) +… …
ovoviviparous — [ō΄vō vī vip′ə rəs] adj. [< OVI + VIVIPAROUS] designating various animals, as some reptiles, fishes, and snails, which produce eggs with enclosing membranes, that are hatched within the female so that the young are born alive ovoviviparity… … English World dictionary
