viviparous
/vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/ · adj
Meaning
- Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
- Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).
Etymology / origin
From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).
- vīviparus(la)→
- viviparous (English)
- Relations: uder
Related words
Descendant words
- vivipaarinen(Finnish) (cog)
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