† ovi-viviparousadj.
Zoology. Obsolete.
= ovoviviparous adj.
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ovi-viviparous1802
ovoviviparous1822
1802 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 82 Lizards which form an egg that is afterwards deposited in a cavity corresponding to the uterus of other animals, where it is hatched; which lizards may therefore be called ovi-viviparous.
1823 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 113 394 (note) The name of Vivipara is calculated to mislead, for none of the species are more than ovi-viviparous.
1883 F. Day Indian Fish 37 None of these fish are ovi-viviparous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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