ovoviviparous

/oh-voh-vahy-vip-er-uhs/US // ˌoʊ voʊ vaɪˈvɪp ər əs //UK // (ˌəʊvəʊvaɪˈvɪpərəs) //

卵胎生的,卵胎生动物,卵胎生的人,卵胎生

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Zoology.
- : producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.

Some of the dinosaurs may have been ovoviviparous, like some modern serpents.
Descending a little lower, we come to the oviparous and ovoviviparous tribes.
Coenogonous: oviparous at one season of the year, ovoviviparous at another, as in Aphididae.
Ovoviviparous: when living young are born from eggs which are hatched in the body of the parent.
The oyster is ovoviviparous; that is, it retains its eggs until they are partly matured.