Thesaurus: viviparous

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1. a. Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
2. adj. producing living young (not eggs)
3. Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous. Viviparous fish. (Zoöl.) See Embiotocoid. -- Viviparous shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
4. Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as thoseplants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbsinstead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on theplant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed tooviparous. Viviparous fish. (Zoöl.) See Embiotocoid.-- Viviparous shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species ofoperculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho,and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developedspiral shell.
5. j:100 a. producing living young (not eggs)