What is "oviparous" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does oviparous mean in English? Meaning of oviparous definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "oviparous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "oviparous": egg-laying

Adjective

  • Meaning: egg-laying
  • Synonyms: oviparous
  • Antonyms: live-bearing ovoviviparous viviparous
  • Similar: broody
  • Pronunciation in US: /oʊˈvɪpərəs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /əʊˈvɪpərəs/

  • Adjective: Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy. The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals. 1643: Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend [1] And though it might be thought that all animals who have lungs do cough; yet in cataceous fishes, who have large and strong lungs, the same is not observed; nor yet in oviparous quadrupeds: and in the greatest thereof, the crocodile, although we read much of their tears, we find nothing of that motion.1643: Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend [1] And though it might be thought that all animals who have lungs do cough; yet in cataceous fishes, who have large and strong lungs, the same is not observed; nor yet in oviparous quadrupeds: and in the greatest thereof, the crocodile, although we read much of their tears, we find nothing of that motion.
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