Viviparous
[vɪ'vɪp(ə)rəs;vaɪ-] or [vɪ'vɪpərəs]
Definition
(a.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
Checker: Lucy
Definition
adj. producing young alive: (bot.) germinating from a seed still on the parent plant.—ns. Vīvipar′ity Vīvip′arousness.—adv. Vīvip′arously.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- Some reptiles, some vipers for example, are viviparous, but none stand by their young as the real mammals do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is doubtful if the particular Theriodont reptiles who were developing hair in the early Mesozoic were viviparous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Xavier