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Webster 1913 Edition

Ovoviviparous

O-vo-vi-vip′a-rous

,

Adj.

[

Ov

um +

viviparous

: cf. F.

ovovivipare

.]

(Biol.)

Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.