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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oviparous  \O*vip"a*rous\,  a.  [L.  oviparus;  ovum  egg  +  parere  to 
  bring  forth:  cf  F.  ovipare.]  (Physiol.) 
  Producing  young  from  rggs;  as  an  oviparous  animal,  in  which 
  the  egg  is  generally  separated  from  the  animal,  and  hatched 
  after  exclusion;  --  opposed  to  {viviparous}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oviparous 
  adj  :  (zoology)  egg-laying  [ant:  {ovoviviparous},  {viviparous}] 




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