Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oviparous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oviparous \O*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to
bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.)
Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which
the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched
after exclusion; -- opposed to {viviparous}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oviparous
adj : (zoology) egg-laying [ant: {ovoviviparous}, {viviparous}]
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