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Ovoviviparous

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Adjective

1. ovoviviparous

producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ovoviviparous

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adjective
(of certain reptiles, fishes, etc) producing eggs that hatch within the body of the mother
Compare oviparous, viviparous (sense 1)

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Ovoviviparous

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adjective
designating various animals, as some reptiles, fishes, and snails, which produce eggs with enclosing membranes, that are hatched within the female so that the young are born alive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ovoviviparous

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adj.
Producing eggs that hatch within the female's body, as in certain fishes and reptiles and many invertebrates.

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