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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

larviparous en · ADJ

Etymology

From larva + -parous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs
    • Trichuris is oviparous, Trichinella is larviparous, and C. philippinensis is both oviparous and larviparous. 2007, K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried, Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites:

Deriveds

macrolarviparous