Definition of Viviperous
Vi*vip"a*rous (?), a. [L. viviparus;
vivus alive + parere to bear, bring forth. Cf.
Viper.] (Biol.) Producing young in a living state, as
most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on
the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to
oviparous.
Viviparous fish. (Zoöl.) See
Embiotocoid. -- Viviparous shell
(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-
water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied
genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral
shell.
Vi*vip"a*rous (?), a. [L. viviparus;
vivus alive + parere to bear, bring forth. Cf.
Viper.] (Biol.) Producing young in a living state, as
most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive,
either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on
the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to
oviparous.
Viviparous fish. (Zoöl.) See
Embiotocoid. -- Viviparous shell
(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-
water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied
genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral
shell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A 'born alive' birth of a biological animal, such as most mammals, some reptiles and a few fish (as opposed to an egg-laying animal such as a chicken)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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