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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

oviparus

;

ovum

egg +

parere

to bring forth: cf. F.

ovipare

(Physiol.)

Producing young from eggs;

as, an

oviparous

animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion

; – opposed to

viviparous

Adj.

[L. ovum, egg, and pario, to produce.]

Producing eggs, or producing young from eggs. Fowls and reptiles are oviparous animals.