Definitions for viviparousvaɪˈvɪp ər əs, vɪ-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•vip•a•rousvaɪˈvɪp ər əs, vɪ-(adj.)
bringing forth living young rather than eggs.
Category: Zoology
producing seeds that germinate on the plant.
Category: Botany
Origin of viviparous:
1640–50; < L vīviparus. See vivi -, -parous
vi•vip′a•rous•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
viviparous, live-bearing(adj)
producing living young (not eggs)
Wiktionary
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).
viviparous(Adjective)
Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).
Origin: From viviparus, from vivus + pario.
Webster Dictionary
Viviparous(adj)
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
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