An animal who holds the eggs inside its body until they hatch and living young are delivered. However, the embryo is sustained by the contents of the egg and not by any connection to the animal that holds it.
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producing eggs which are hatched in parent's body
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Producing eggs that hatch within the body.
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• (a.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.
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Refers to the reproductive method of egg-bearing. Eggs are retained in the body until hatching so as to appear to give live birth (see viviparous). An ovoviviparous animal's umbellical cord is connected to a yolk as opposed to getting nutrition directly from the mother.
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Producing living young by the hatching of the egg while still within the female.
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(o″vo-vi-vip´ә-rәs) bearing living young that hatch from eggs inside the maternal body, the embryo being nourished by food stored in the egg; lizards are one example.
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animals are those where the young develop inside an egg, but the egg remains inside the mother until it hatches. This occurs in some fish, sharks and Reptiles. Viviparous and Oviparous are the other reproductive methods.
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Producing young from eggs that hatch inside the body. Some snakes, such as the common boa, give birth this way.
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Producing living young from eggs that hatch within the female's body.
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O·vo·vi·vip'a·rous adjective [
Ov um +
viviparous : confer French
ovovivipare .]
(Biol.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′vō-vi-vip′ă-rŭs Definitions: 1. Denoting those fish, amphibians, and reptiles that produce eggs that hatch within the body of the parent.
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a form of reproduction in which eggs are produced and stored inside the female's body so that the young are born fully developed.
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[
adj] - (zoology) producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
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ovoviviparous Characterized by the production of large, yolky, shell-protected eggs that are retained and develop within the reproductive tract of the female. The young receive nourishment only from the yolk. Hatching is internal, and the young are then released to the outside. Some insects, sharks, fish, snakes, and lizards are ovoviparous.
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adjective producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
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Method of animal reproduction in which fertilized eggs develop within the female (unlike oviparous), and the embryo gains no nutritional substances from the female (unlike viviparous). It occurs in some invertebrates, fishes, and reptiles
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Reproduces by eggs which remain in the mother's body until they are ready to hatch. When the young emerge, they are born live, with only a membrane to break out of.
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form of reproduction through which the female retains eggs withing her body until they hatch.
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Lizards which reproduce by retaining eggs within the body but giving birth to live young.
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producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
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