viviparous

/vahy-vip-er-uhs, vi-/US // vaɪˈvɪp ər əs, vɪ- //UK // (vɪˈvɪpərəs) //

胎死腹中,胎生的,胎生,胎生动物

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Zoology. bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
- : Botany. producing seeds that germinate on the plant.

The female is viviparous, and produces vast numbers of embryos, which appear in the circulating blood.
The same kind of animal is then at one time of the year viviparous, and at another oviparous.
He had previously paid attention to the viviparous embryos of other Mangroves.
A few of the univalves are viviparous—that is, they produce their young alive; but the majority lay eggs.
The creature is ovo-viviparous; that is, the eggs are hatched while still within the body of the parent.