Dictionary entry

Oviparous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O‐vip″a‐rous (?), a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; — opposed to viviparous.