oviparous
pronunciation
How to pronounce oviparous in British English:
UK [əʊˈvɪpərəs]
How to pronounce oviparous in American English:
US [oʊˈvɪpərəs]
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- Adjective:
- egg-laying
Word Origin
- oviparous (adj.)
- "producing eggs that are hatched outside the body of the female," 1640s, from Latin oviparus, from ovum "egg" (see egg (n.)) + stem of parere "to bring forth" (see pare).
Example
- 1. Birds , fish , and amphibians are " oviparous "
- 2. Primitive oviparous mammals found only in australia tasmania and new guinea .
- 3. Worms and insects : oviparous , viviparous , aquatic .
- 4. In 1843 , friedrich engels saw an egg of a duckbill in england . People told him that it was a mammal animal from australia . He broke into laughter after hearing it and said : " all the mammal animals were viviparous . The duckbill was oviparous , so it could not be a mammal animal " .