para-, par-, -parous, -partum
(Greek > Latin: to bring forth, to bear; producing viable offspring; giving birth to; brood; secreting)
multicipital
Possessing many heads; such as, muscles.
multiparous, multiparity
1. A description of an animal, especially a mammal, that normally gives birth to two or more offspring at one time.
2. Having carried more than one pregnancy to a viable stage.
2. Having carried more than one pregnancy to a viable stage.
nonipara
A woman who has had nine pregnancies which have resulted in viable offspring; written by some medics as para IX.
nullipara
A woman who has never given birth to a child.
nulliparous
Never having given birth to a child.
nymphiparous
octipara
ovipara
oviparity
oviparous
oviparously
ovovivipara
Animals that develop within eggs and which remain within the mother's body up until they hatch or are about to hatch.
ovoviviparity
The production of fully formed eggs that are retained, and hatched, inside the maternal body with the release of live offspring.
Ovoviviparity is employed by many aquatic life forms; such as, fish and some sharks, reptiles, and invertebrates.
The young of ovoviviparous amphibians are sometimes born as larvae, and undergo metamorphosis; a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching outside the body of the mother.
ovoviviparous
Characterized by the production of large, yolky, shell-protected eggs that are retained and develop within the reproductive tract of the female.
The young receive nourishment only from the yolk. Hatching is internal, and the young are then released to the outside. Some insects, sharks, fish, snakes, and lizards are ovoviparous.
parent
1. A father or a mother.
2. An ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
3. A source, origin, or cause.
4. In biology, any organism that produces or generates another organism.
5. Being the original source; such as, a parent organization.
6. Etymology: from French parent (11th century), which came from Latin parentem, "father" or "mother, ancestor"; from the noun form of the Latin verb parere, "to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce".
2. An ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
3. A source, origin, or cause.
4. In biology, any organism that produces or generates another organism.
5. Being the original source; such as, a parent organization.
6. Etymology: from French parent (11th century), which came from Latin parentem, "father" or "mother, ancestor"; from the noun form of the Latin verb parere, "to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce".
