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Definition of Ovipara
1. n. pl. An artificial division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.
Definition of Ovipara
1. egg-laying animals [n]
Medical Definition of Ovipara
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovipara
Literary usage of Ovipara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiology and Pathology of the Blood: Comprising the Origins, Mode of by Richard Norris (1882)
"In the adult ovipara these corpuscles appear to be produced in the bone-marrow
and in the spleen, and to be transmitted thence to the blood in the advanced ..."
2. The Evolution of Life by Hubbard Winslow Mitchell (1891)
"The Eocene period—Evolution of marsupials—ovipara—Vivi- para—Propagation of fishes
and reptiles from eggs—The ..."
3. The Evolution of Life, Or, Causes of Change in Animal Forms: A Study in Biology by Hubbard Winslow Mitchell (1891)
"The Eocene period—Evolution of marsupials—ovipara—Vivipara—Propagation of fishes
and reptiles from eggs—The Graafian follicles—The ovaries—The ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Such of the ovipara as breathe with lungs have the egg furnished with a ...
Many of the cold-blooded ovipara do not bring forth their young until they are ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1866)
"... mammalian bone correspond with the several bonee of the ovipara, so, in the
temporal bone, the component parts of the mammalian squamous correspond with ..."
6. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1863)
"The exact identity of the appearances produced in the blood-discs of the ovipara
with those observed in the mammalian corpuscles lends strong support to the ..."
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