viviparous Definition
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viviparous
adj
- 1. zool.
- Said of an animal: giving birth to live young that have developed within the mother's body, as in humans and most other mammals. Compare oviparous and ovoviviparous.
- Denoting a form of asexual reproduction in which new young plants start to develop on the parent plant while still attached to it, as in the spider plant and certain grasses.
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