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OVIPAROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oviparous mean?
• OVIPAROUS (adjective)
The adjective OVIPAROUS has 1 sense:
1. egg-laying
Familiarity information: OVIPAROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Egg-laying
Similar:
broody (physiologically ready to incubate eggs)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Antonym:
ovoviviparous (producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body)
viviparous (producing living young (not eggs))
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