Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body.
The anaconda is an ovoviviparous reptile.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveproducing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvīviparus
- Latinōvum“egg”
- Englishovoviviparous
From ovo- +, from Latin ōvum (“egg”) + -o-, + viviparous, from Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).
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Catalan ovovivípar
- ovovivíparpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Chinese Mandarin 卵胎生的
- 卵胎生的 (luǎntāishēng de)pertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Czech vejcoživorodý
- vejcoživorodýpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Dutch ovovivipaar, eierlevendbarend
- ovovivipaarpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
- eierlevendbarendpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Finnish ovovivipaarinen
- ovovivipaarinenpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
French ovovivipare
- ovoviviparepertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
German ovovivipar
- ovoviviparpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Hungarian álelevenszülő, eleventojó
- álelevenszülőpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
- eleventojópertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Irish ubh-bheobhreitheach
- ubh-bheobhreitheachpertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Italian ovoviviparo
- ovoviviparopertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Japanese 卵胎生の
- 卵胎生の (rantaiseino)pertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Malay ovoviviparus
- ovoviviparuspertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Māori hua-pao-roto
- hua-pao-rotopertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Polish jajożyworodny
- jajożyworodnypertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Portuguese ovovivíparo
- ovovivíparopertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Russian яйцеживородя́щий
- яйцеживородя́щий (jajceživorodjáščij)pertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Spanish ovovivíparo
- ovovivíparopertaining to animals whose eggs hatch inside their body
Cite this entry
ovoviviparous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovoviviparous
“ovoviviparous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovoviviparous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ovoviviparous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovoviviparous.
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