viviparous

viviparous

English

Alternative forms

• vivipartous (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/

Adjective

viviparous (not comparable)

1. (of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
2. (of a plant or plant species) Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).

Antonyms

• (of an animal): oviparous

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ovoviviparous
• viviparous lizard

• viviparously
• vivipary, viviparity

Translations

of an animal

Catalan: vivípar Chinese: Cantonese: 胎生 (toi1 sang1) Mandarin: 胎生 (zh) (tāishēng) Dutch: levendbarend Finnish: vivipaarinen (fi) French: vivipare (fr) German: lebendgebärend (de), lebend gebärend, vivipar (de)

Greek: ζωοτόκος (el) (zootókos) Italian: viviparo (it) Japanese: 胎生の (ja) (たいせいの, taisei no) Malay: viviparus Portuguese: vivíparo (pt) Russian: живородя́щий (ru) (živorodjáščij) Spanish: vivíparo Volapük: lifamotamik

of a plant

Catalan: vivípar Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vivipaarinen (fi) French: vivipare (fr) m or f

Japanese: 胎生の (ja) (たいせいの, taisei no) Malay: viviparus Portuguese: vivíparo (pt) Russian: please add this translation if you can