larviparous

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adjective

Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs

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Meanings

adjectivelarviparous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyLaying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs

    Trichuris is oviparous, Trichinella is larviparous, and C. philippinensis is both oviparous and larviparous.

    2007, K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried, Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites

Origin

From larva + -parous.

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