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美:[vɪ'vɪpərəslɪ]
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adjective
producing living young instead of eggs from within the body in the manner of nearly all mammals, many reptiles, and a few fishes
germinating while still attached to the parent plant
the viviparous seed of the mangrove
Latin viviparus, from vivus alive + -parus -parous
The first known use of viviparous was in 1646
viziernoun
a high official in a Muslim country
vizardnoun
a mask for disguise or protection
vixennoun
a female fox
vixennoun
a female fox
vivisectionnoun
the operating or experimenting on a living animal for scientific or medical study
vivisectionnoun
the operating or experimenting on a living animal for scientific or medical study
vivisectionnoun
the operating or experimenting on a living animal for scientific or medical study
viviparousadjective
giving birth to living young from within the body rather than laying eggs
nearly all mammals and some reptiles are viviparous
1 Sharks that give birth to live young are viviparous like humans.
2 All birds are oviparous, but some reptiles are viviparous, or give birth to live young.
3 To this day, the island has only a single native terrestrial reptile: the common or viviparous lizard, which must have arrived sometime in the past 10,000 years, following the end of the ice age.
4 Or maybe the fossil of a viviparous archosaur is somewhere out there, just waiting to be found.
5 Obviously that's different than in viviparous Dinocephalosaurus.
6 Another fun fact: a number of fossils of pregnant ichthyosaurs have turned up, documenting that the animals were viviparous, giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
7 Mammals are characterized by their milk glands, hair, vertebrae and their birthing of live young (being viviparous), according to Britannica.
8 There are even some viviparous moms that get creative with feeding their young during pregnancy.