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ovipara

ovipara noun: oviparous organisms.

Noun (1)

ovipara pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) oviparous organisms

Noun (2)

ovipara (plural oviparae)

  1. An aphid in its oviparous form.
    • Since even in one sample of erigeronensis (e.g., Brickellia sp., Rincon Springs, San Diego County, California, leg. R. van den Bosch, no. 61-2-14c), an ovipara has siphunculi of 1.00 mm, but an aptera vivipara of the same size, 0.79 mm, such a discriminant based on length of siphunculi is not very...1966 November, Hilgardia, volume 37, number 15, page 583, columns 1–2
    • The ratios of mean eggs laid/mean oviparae produced for the two groups relate to the mean weights of oviparae in those groups (Fig. 32) and a linear relationship is assumed between the points. The number of eggs laid by each ovipara of the heavier group is approximately 80% of its egg complement...1980, N. D. Barlow, Anthony Frederick George Dixon, Simulation of Lime Aphid Population Dynamics, Wageningen: Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of ovipara

pluraloviparae

Origin of ovipara

From New Latin, neuter plural of oviparus (“oviparous”).

From New Latin, feminine of oviparus (“oviparous”).

Questions about ovipara

What does ovipara mean?
Ovipara means oviparous organisms.
What part of speech is ovipara?
Ovipara is a noun.
What is the plural of ovipara?
The plural of ovipara is oviparae.

Words near ovipara in the dictionary

  1. Ovington
  2. Ovingtons
  3. ovinised
  4. ovinization
  5. ovinized
  6. ovipara
  7. oviparae
  8. oviparity
  9. oviparous
  10. oviparously
  11. oviparousness

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