单词 | livebearing |
释义 | > as lemmaslivebearing livebearing adj. [ultimately after classical Latin vīviparus viviparous adj.; compare German lebendgebärend (late 19th cent. or earlier)] Zoology that gives birth to live young (as opposed to laying eggs); cf. livebearer n. ΚΠ 1914 Copeia No. 13. 4 Most live-bearing Poecilliidae breed the year round in aquaria. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 271 The Poeciliidae (Live-bearing Tooth-carps or Viviparous Top-minnows) is a family native only to the New World. 2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean x. 228 The parental investment strategy of live-bearing fishes parallels that of brood-bearing crustaceans. < as lemmas |
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