Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, reptiles, all birds, the monotremes, and most insects, some molluscs and arachnids. Five modes of reproduction can be differentiated based on relations between zygote and parents: L...
• (n.) Generation by means of ova. See Generation.
expulsion of undeveloped eggs rather than live young. The eggs may have been fertilized before release, as in birds and some reptiles, or are to be ... [5 related articles]
the reproductive mode where eggs are released from the body and latter hatch. 
O`vi·par'i·ty noun [ See Oviparous .] (Biol.) Generation by means of ova. See Generation . 
Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′vi-par′i-tē Definitions: 1. The quality of being oviparous.
reproducing by means of laying eggs.