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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ovoviviparous  \O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous\,  a.  [Ovum  +  viviparous:  cf 
  F.  ovovivipare.]  (Biol.) 
  Oviparous,  but  hatching  the  egg  while  it  is  within  the  body, 
  as  some  fishes  and  reptiles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ovoviviparous 
  adj  :  (zoology)  producing  living  young  from  eggs  that  hatch  within 
  the  body  [ant:  {viviparous},  {oviparous}] 




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