Definition of Ovoviviparous

1. Adjective. Producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body.

Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Antonyms: Oviparous, Viviparous

Definition of Ovoviviparous

1. a. Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.

Definition of Ovoviviparous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ovoviviparous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Ovoviviparous

1. Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles. Origin: Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. Ovovivipare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovoviviparous

ovolos
ovomucin
ovomucoid
ovonic
ovonics
ovoplasm
ovoplasma
ovoprotogen
ovosiston
ovotestes
ovotransferrin
ovovitellin
ovoviviparity
ovoviviparous (current term)
ovoviviparously
ovular
ovular membrane
ovular transmigration
ovulary
ovulate
ovulated
ovulates
ovulating
ovulation detection
ovulation induction
ovulation inhibitor
ovulation method

Literary usage of Ovoviviparous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"A rudimentary unfertilized seed. ovoviviparous. [L. ovum, egg, vivus, living, pario, to produce young.] Producing young from eggs, but hatching ..."

2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Some reptiles are ovoviviparous (Fig. 148), the embryos being held in the ... The lizards arc oviparous or ovoviviparous. In ovoviviparous forms, those in ..."

3. The Origin of Life and Process of Reproduction in Plants and Animals: With by Frederick Hollick (1902)
"In all viviparous and ovoviviparous animals the egg is impregnated within the body, also in many oviparous. When the egg is developed out of the body, ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"ovoviviparous is a corresponding term applied to animals in which the eggs are hatched within the body of the mother, and where there is no nutritive ..."

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