VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / oviparous

Thesaurus: oviparous

Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

animaldefinitioneggdefinitionhatcheddefinitionopposeddefinitionproducingdefinitionseparateddefinitionviviparousdefinitionyoungdefinitionexclusiondefinitionoviparafamilyoviparityfamilyoviedoneighboroviferousneighboroviformneighborovigeronsneighborovileneighborOvimbunduneighborovineneighborovioularneighborovipositneighborovipositedneighborovipositingneighborovipositionneighborovipositorneighboroviraptoridneighborOvis ammonneighborOvis ariesneighborOvis canadensisneighbor

Definitions

  1. a. Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.
  2. adj. egg-laying
  3. Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.
  4. Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in whichthe egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched afterexclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.