oviparous
Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategyDepositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
» Mammals have breasts, oviparous lay eggs.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals.
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яйцекладу́щийjajcekladúščij, яйцено́сныйjajcenósnyj
- egg-laying
Examples
5 sentencesMammals have breasts, oviparous lay eggs.
Platypuses are oviparous mammals, which means that they lay eggs.
Viviparous animals give birth to their young while the oviparous lay eggs.
Easter bunnies are an oviparous species in the mammal family of Leporidae.
deOsterhasen sind eine ovipare Art in der Säugetierfamilie der Hasen. — MUIRIEL
The platypus is an animal, found in Australia, which is both a mammal and an oviparous "duck".
Translations
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Origin
Adapted borrowing of Late Latin ōviparus + -ous. By surface analysis, ovi- + -parous.Adapted borrowing of Late Latin ōviparus + -ous. By surface analysis, ovi- + -parous.
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