单词 | ovoviviparous |
释义 | ovoviviparous (once / 1969886 pages) adj Animals that are ovoviviparous reproduce by hatching eggs within their bodies. Some reptiles and fish are ovoviviparous. Animals reproduce in many different ways, from giving birth to live babies to laying eggs. When an animal is ovoviviparous, its young develop in eggs too, but the eggs stay inside the mother until they hatch: only then do the young emerge. Rattlesnakes are one animal that is ovoviviparous, and so are some kinds of sharks and rays. The adjective ovoviviparous combines the Greek ovum, "egg," with the Latin vivus, "alive," and parere, "bring forth or bear." WORD FAMILYovoviviparous USAGE EXAMPLESDescending a little lower, we come to the oviparous and ovoviviparous tribes. Hitchcock, Edward, The Religion of Geology and Its Con...(2011) Some of the dinosaurs may have been ovoviviparous, like some modern serpents. Fiske, John, Through Nature to God(2010) Coenogonous: oviparous at one season of the year, ovoviviparous at another, as in Aphididae. Smith, John. B., Explanation of Terms Used in Entomo...(2010) adj producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body Ant live-bearing, viviparous producing living young (not eggs) oviparousegg-laying broodyphysiologically ready to incubate eggs |
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