(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:43:54

O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous (?), a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare.] Biol.

Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.

 

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