viviparously

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In a viviparous manner
by giving birth to live offspring (as opposed to laying eggs)
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Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates)
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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)
viviparous
{a} that brings forth the young alive
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producing living young (not eggs)
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A born alive birth of a biological animal, such as most mammals, some reptiles and a few fish (as opposed to an egg-laying animal such as a chicken)
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Giving birth to live young which have developed inside the mother by means of a plancenta and umbilical cord Some sharks, such as the gray smoothhound are viviparous
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Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; opposed to oviparous
viviparous
= "live birth" the young are born live and nourished by the mother in the womb Compare to: ovoviviparous, and oviparous
viviparous
Bringing forth live young
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Describes plant that forms plantlets on leaves, infloresences, or stems Also applied loosely to plants that produce bulbils or bulblets on these organs
viviparous
Giving birth to living young, which develop within and are nourished by the mother
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(v vip' r s) An animal that gives birth to live young
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{s} giving birth to living young rather than laying eggs (as of mammals); having seeds that germinate while still attached to the main plan
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