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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•vip•a•rous /vaɪˈvɪpərəs, vɪ-/USA pronunciation adj. - Zoologybringing forth living young rather than eggs.
See -viv-, -pare2-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•vip•a•rous (vī vip′ər əs, vi-),USA pronunciation adj. - Zoologybringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
- Botanyproducing seeds that germinate on the plant.
- Latin vīviparus bringing forth living young. See vivi-, -parous
- 1640–50;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: viviparous /vɪˈvɪpərəs/ adj - (of animals) producing offspring that as embryos develop within and derive nourishment from the body of the female parent
- (of plants) producing bulbils or young plants instead of flowers
- (of seeds) germinating before separating from the parent plant
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin vīviparus, from vīvus alive + parere to bring forthviviparity /ˌvɪvɪˈpærɪtɪ/, viˈviparousness n viˈviparously adv |