| 单词 | viviparous |
| 释义 | viviparous (once / 49454 pages) adj You didn't hatch from an egg, did you? That means you were born to a viviparous mother. The adjective viviparous describes something that gives birth to living things, rather than eggs. Breaking viviparous down into parts can help you understand its meaning. Vivi looks a lot like vivus, Latin for "alive." Parous comes from the Latin word parere, meaning "produce, bring forth, give birth to." To pronounce it correctly, say "VIE-vip-uh-rus." Then say "thank you" to your mother. WORD FAMILYviviparous USAGE EXAMPLESHumans belong to the subset of mammals, called viviparous mammals, that give live birth to their young. The New Yorker(Sep 07, 2016) Humans belong to the subset of mammals, called viviparous mammals, that give live birth to their young. The New Yorker(Sep 07, 2016) “Try to realize what it was like to have a viviparous mother.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World(1932) adj producing living young (not eggs) Syn|Ant live-bearing oviparous egg-laying ovoviviparousproducing living young from eggs that hatch within the body broodyphysiologically ready to incubate eggs |
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