viviparous
         adj 1: producing living young (not eggs) [syn: {viviparous},
                  {live-bearing}] [ant: {oviparous}, {ovoviviparous}]

English Dictionary: viviparous	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viviparous eelpout n an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous [syn: viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viviparity \Viv`i*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)       The quality or condition of being viviparous. --H. Spencer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +       parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. {Viper}.] (Biol.)       Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as       those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,       either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves       germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually       do; -- opposed to {oviparous}.          {Viviparous fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Embiotocoid}.          {Viviparous shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to             {Viviparus}, {Melantho}, and allied genera. Their young,             when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +       parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. {Viper}.] (Biol.)       Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as       those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,       either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves       germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually       do; -- opposed to {oviparous}.          {Viviparous fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Embiotocoid}.          {Viviparous shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to             {Viviparus}, {Melantho}, and allied genera. Their young,             when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of       one genus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Belonging to, or resembling, the {Embiotocid[91]}. -- n. One       of a family of fishes ({Embiotocid[91]}) abundant on the       coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also       called {surf fishes} and {viviparous fishes}. See Illust. in       Append.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viviparous \Vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. viviparus; vivus alive +       parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. {Viper}.] (Biol.)       Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as       those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,       either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves       germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually       do; -- opposed to {oviparous}.          {Viviparous fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Embiotocoid}.          {Viviparous shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to             {Viviparus}, {Melantho}, and allied genera. Their young,             when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viviparously \Vi*vip"a*rous*ly\, adv. (Biol.)       In a viviparous manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viviparousness \Vi*vip"a*rous*ness\, n. (Biol.)       The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.