oviparityn.
/ˌəʊvɪˈparᵻti/, U.S. /ˌoʊvɪˈpɛrədi/ Zoology.
The condition or character of being oviparous; reproduction by means of the production of eggs.
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1834 R. Owen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 555 The objections to the oviparity of the Ornithorhynchus extended only to the theory which maintained that the ovum was expelled with a calcareous covering.
1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 293 The production of Medusæ..being sometimes a process of budding, and sometimes a process of oviparity.
1884 Athenæum 25 Oct. 533 The discovery by Mr. Caldwell of the oviparity of the Monotremata..was considered sufficiently important to be telegraphed from Australia to the British Association in Canada.
1927 F. A. E. Crew Genetics Sexuality in Animals i. 5 Oviparity is replaced by viviparity with associated changes in the maternal organism.
1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) viii. 55/2 Oviparity is the rule, with the zygote passing to the exterior and hatching extracorporeally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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