- 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. Source: opted
- 2. adj. producing living young (not eggs) Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 5. j:100 a. producing living young (not eggs) Source: ecdict
Home / Dictionary / viviparous
viviparous
Thesaurus links
Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.
From the definitions
youngseedsinsteadlivingproducingshellaliveeitherfallinggerminatingmammalsoffspringopposedproducedstatethemselvestheyalliedbelongingbornbulbseggsembiotocoidfish
Open full thesaurus page for viviparous · Language as a Lens