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dorsiparous, a.|dɔːˈsɪpərəs|
[L. -par-us bringing forth.]
a. Bot. = dorsiferous.
b. Zool. Hatching the young upon the back, as certain toads.
1727–51[see dorsiferous]. 1755Johnson, Dorsiferous, Dorsiparous, is used of plants that have the seeds on the back of their leaves, as fern; and may be properly used of the American frog, which brings forth young from her back. 1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Dorsiparous, a term applied to those Batrachia the ova of which become inserted into the skin on the back of the parent, where they devolop. |