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Definition of Ovoviviparous
1. Adjective. Producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body.
Definition of Ovoviviparous
1. a. Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.
Definition of Ovoviviparous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ovoviviparous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Ovoviviparous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovoviviparous
Literary usage of Ovoviviparous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"A rudimentary unfertilized seed. ovoviviparous. [L. ovum, egg, vivus, living,
pario, to produce young.] Producing young from eggs, but hatching ..."
2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Some reptiles are ovoviviparous (Fig. 148), the embryos being held in the ...
The lizards arc oviparous or ovoviviparous. In ovoviviparous forms, those in ..."
3. The Origin of Life and Process of Reproduction in Plants and Animals: With by Frederick Hollick (1902)
"In all viviparous and ovoviviparous animals the egg is impregnated within the
body, also in many oviparous. When the egg is developed out of the body, ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"ovoviviparous is a corresponding term applied to animals in which the eggs are
hatched within the body of the mother, and where there is no nutritive ..."
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