larviparous en · ADJ
Etymology
From larva + -parous.
Meanings
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(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: