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viviparous

/vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/

viviparous adjective: being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).

Adjective

viviparous (not comparable)

  1. Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
  2. Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).

viviparous meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malay

viviparous in Tamil

இளம் புழுக்களை இடும், ஈனும், சீவசமான, தாடேல் சார்ந்து வளரும் விதை, விவிபேரஸ், குஞ்சு ஈனுவன

viviparous in Bengali

viviparous
জরায়ুজ joraẏuj

viviparous in Malay

of an animal
viviparus
of a plant
viviparus

Antonyms of viviparous

Origin of viviparous

From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).

Words formed from viviparous

Phrases with viviparous

Questions about viviparous

What does viviparous mean?
Viviparous means being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
What is viviparous in Tamil?
Viviparous in Tamil is இளம் புழுக்களை இடும், ஈனும், சீவசமான. See Viviparous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is viviparous?
Viviparous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce viviparous?
Viviparous is pronounced /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/.

Words near viviparous in the dictionary

  1. viviparas
  2. viviparid
  3. viviparids
  4. viviparism
  5. viviparity
  6. viviparous
  7. viviparous blennies
  8. viviparous blenny
  9. viviparous eelpout
  10. viviparous eelpouts
  11. viviparous lizard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viviparous (page history and authors); viviparous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জরায়ুজ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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