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Keywords: Hatch, Viviparous, Egg, Vip, Lay
Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.
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Laying eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body (Morris 1992).
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Lay eggs
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producing eggs that hatch outside the body
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(oh vip´ uh rus) • Reproduction in which eggs are released by the female and development is external to the mother's body. (Contrast with viviparous.)
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Amniote that reproduces by laying an enclosed egg on land.
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Producing external eggs within a casing; animals that produce external eggs, such as most amphibians, are oviparous. See also OVOVIVIPAROUS, and VIVIPAROUS.
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laying eggs that hatch outside the mother's body.
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a developmental process where the young hatch from eggs which are laid outside the mother's body.
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Laying eggs that are fertilized in the water by the sperm discharged by the male.
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Producing young from an egg which is hatched and live young produced from it inside the body.
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reproducing by means of eggs that hatch.
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said of fishes that deposit eggs which develop usually in the external environment
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Producing eggs which are fertilized, develop and hatch outside the body.
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Oviparous animals hatch from eggs. Fossilized eggs from some prehistoric animals have been found.
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Producing eggs which hatch outside the female's body
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Producing young from eggs hatching outside the body.
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egg-laying
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(oh- vip-ur-us) Referring to a type of development in which young hatch from eggs laid outside the mother's body.
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producing young in eggs
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lays eggs
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Oviparous animals hatch from eggs. Some sharks, like the Port Jackson shark and the nurse shark, are oviparous.
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Reproduces by laying eggs
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Eggs deposited; embryonic development outside the female's body.
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Laying eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Some sharks are oviparous.
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Oviparous animals hatch from eggs. Zoom Whales Whale Glossary U-Z Enchanted Learning® Over 20,000 Web Pages. Sample Pages for Prospective Subscribers
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Producing eggs that hatch after expulsion from the body. ( 14)
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reproducing by laying eggs.
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reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.
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