English new terms dictionary. 2014.
Ovoviviparous — O*vo*vi*vip a*rous, a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare.] (Biol.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ovoviviparous — ovoviviparous. См. яйцеживородящий. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
ovoviviparous — 1801, from OVUM (Cf. ovum) + VIVIPAROUS (Cf. viviparous) … Etymology dictionary
ovoviviparous — [ō΄vō vī vip′ə rəs] adj. [< OVI + VIVIPAROUS] designating various animals, as some reptiles, fishes, and snails, which produce eggs with enclosing membranes, that are hatched within the female so that the young are born alive ovoviviparity… … English World dictionary
ovoviviparous — adjective Date: 1801 producing eggs that develop within the maternal body (as of various fishes or reptiles) and hatch within or immediately after release from the parent • ovoviviparously adverb • ovoviviparousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
ovoviviparous — adj. [L. ovum, egg; vivus, alive; parere, to bring forth] Producing eggs that are incubated and hatched within the female s body; see oviparous, viviparous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ovoviviparous — ovoviviparism, ovoviviparity /oh voh vuy veuh par i tee/, ovoviviparousness, n. ovoviviparously, adv. /oh voh vuy vip euhr euhs/, adj. Zool. producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental… … Universalium
ovoviviparous — adjective Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body See Also: oviparous, ovoviviparity, viviparous … Wiktionary
ovoviviparous — Denoting those fish, amphibians, and reptiles that produce eggs that hatch within the body of the parent. [ovo + L. viviparus, bringing forth alive, fr. vivus, alive, + pario, to bear] * * * ovo·vi·vip·a·rous .vī vip (ə )rəs adj producing eggs… … Medical dictionary
ovoviviparous — adj. producing eggs which hatch inside the body (so that the young are born alive but without a placenta) … English contemporary dictionary
