viviparous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/
Etymology
From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).
Meanings
- (not-comparable, of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
- (not-comparable, of a plant or plant species) Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).
Antonyms
oviparous (antonym(s) of “of an animal”)
Deriveds
vivipary · ovoviviparous · nonviviparous · hyperviviparous · cryptoviviparous · pseudoviviparous · viviparous eelpout · viviparousness · Moorean viviparous tree snail · viviparous lizard · viviparously · viviparism · viviparity · viviparous blenny
Translations (38)
fi vivipaarinen (of an animal) · ru живородя́щий (of a plant) · vo lifamotamik (of an animal) · nl vivipaar (of an animal) · nl levendbarend (of an animal) · pt vivíparo (of an animal) · grc ζωότοκος (of an animal) · ru живородя́щий (of an animal) · cmn 母体发芽 (of a plant) · cmn 胎生 (of an animal) · ja 胎生の (of an animal) · fi vivipaarinen (of a plant) · yue 胎生 (of an animal) · pl żyworodny (of an animal) · fr vivipare (of a plant) · fr vivipare (of an animal) · gl vivíparo (of an animal) · br bevc'haner (of an animal) · es vivíparo (of an animal) · de vivipar (of an animal) · cy bywhiliog (of a plant) · ka ცოცხლადმშობი (of an animal) · ca vivípar (of a plant) · pt vivíparo (of a plant) · it viviparo (of an animal) · hu elevenszülő (of an animal) · az diridoğan (of an animal) · ca vivípar (of an animal) · la viviparus (of an animal) · el ζωοτόκος (of an animal) · ms viviparus (of a plant) · cs živorodý (of an animal) · de lebend gebärend (of an animal) · de lebendgebärend (of an animal) · ms viviparus (of an animal) · ja 胎生の (of a plant) · cy bywesgorol (of an animal) · bg живоро́ден (of an animal)