viviparous

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viviparity

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vivipary

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Alternative forms

• vivipartous (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

viviparous (not comparable)

1. (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).
2. (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

• (antonym(s) of “of an animal”): oviparous

Derived terms

• Moorean viviparous tree snail
• ovoviviparous
• viviparous blenny
• viviparous eelpout
• viviparous lizard
• viviparously
• vivipary, viviparity

Translations

of an animal

Azerbaijani: diridoğan Bulgarian: живоро́ден (bg) (živoróden) Breton: bevc'haner Catalan: vivípar Chinese: Cantonese: 胎生 (toi1 sang1) Mandarin: 胎生 (zh) (tāishēng) Dutch: levendbarend, vivipaar (nl) Finnish: vivipaarinen (fi) French: vivipare (fr) Galician: vivíparo Georgian: ცოცხლადმშობი (cocxladmšobi) German: lebendgebärend (de), lebend gebärend, vivipar (de) Greek: ζωοτόκος (el) (zootókos) Ancient: ζωότοκος (zōótokos) Hungarian: elevenszülő (hu) Italian: viviparo (it) Japanese: 胎生の (ja) (たいせいの, taisei no) Latin: viviparus Malay: viviparus Polish: żyworodny (pl) Portuguese: vivíparo (pt) Russian: живородя́щий (ru) (živorodjáščij) Spanish: vivíparo Volapük: lifamotamik Welsh: bywesgorol

of a plant

Catalan: vivípar Chinese: Mandarin: 母体发芽 Finnish: vivipaarinen (fi) French: vivipare (fr) Japanese: 胎生の (ja) (たいせいの, taisei no) Malay: viviparus Portuguese: vivíparo (pt) Russian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: bywhiliog