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. |