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   ovoviviparous
         adj 1: producing living young from eggs that hatch within the
                  body [ant: {live-bearing}, {oviparous}, {viviparous}]

English Dictionary: ovoviviparous by the DICT Development Group
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.
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