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Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals.
See Also: ovoviviparous
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Oviparous — O*vip a*rous, a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; opposed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oviparous — oviparous. См. яйцекладущий. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
oviparous — (adj.) producing eggs that are hatched outside the body of the female, 1640s, from L. oviparus, from ovum egg (see EGG (Cf. egg) (n.)) + stem of parere to bring forth (see PARE (Cf. pare)) … Etymology dictionary
oviparous — ► ADJECTIVE Zoology ▪ producing young by means of eggs which are hatched after they have been laid by the parent, as in birds. Compare with VIVIPAROUS(Cf. ↑viviparous) … English terms dictionary
oviparous — [ō vip′ə rəs] adj. [L oviparus: see OVI & PAROUS] 1. producing eggs that develop and hatch after leaving the body of the female 2. designating or of this type of reproduction: See VIVIPAROUS oviparity [ō΄vi par′ə tē] n. oviparousness oviparously… … English World dictionary
oviparous — o|vip|a|rous [əuˈvıpərəs US ou ] adj technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: oviparus, from ovum ( OVUM) + parus producing ] an animal, fish, bird etc that is oviparous produces eggs that develop outside its body … Dictionary of contemporary English
oviparous — adjective technical an animal, fish, bird etc that is oviparous produces eggs that develop outside its body … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
oviparous — adjective Etymology: Latin oviparus, from ov + parus parous Date: 1646 producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body; also involving the production of such eggs … New Collegiate Dictionary
oviparous — adjective for oviparity … Dictionary of ichthyology
oviparous — adj. [L. ovum, egg; parere, to bring forth] Egg laying … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
