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English Dictionary: oviparous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oviparous
adj
  1. egg-laying [ant: live-bearing, ovoviviparous, viviparous]
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}.
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