para-, par-, -parous, -partum
(Greek > Latin: to bring forth, to bear; producing viable offspring; giving birth to; brood; secreting)
vermiparous
viviparity
The condition of being viviparous or the ability to produce living young rather than producing young by laying an egg, or eggs, and then having it/them hatch.
viviparous
1. Giving birth to living offspring that develop within the mother's body.
3. Giving birth to living young, in distinction to oviparous, or egg-laying.
4. A description of a plant with seeds that germinate and develop into seedlings before being shed from the parent plant; such as, a mangrove.
Most mammals and some other animals are viviparous.
2. Giving birth to living young which develop within the maternal body; not hatched from external eggs.3. Giving birth to living young, in distinction to oviparous, or egg-laying.
4. A description of a plant with seeds that germinate and develop into seedlings before being shed from the parent plant; such as, a mangrove.
viviparously
Relating to having embryonic development which occurs entirely within the female reproductive tract.
viviparousness
Bringing forth live young which have developed inside the body of a parent.
Nourishment of the embryo is derived directly from the mother, and the young are released at birth.
vivipation
A reproductive process in which the conceptus is sustained and nourished within the body of the maternal animal.
