viviparous

a. 胎生的, 母体发芽的 [医] 胎生的

发音

其它 /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 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).

    胎生

  2. 2.

    Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).

    母体发芽

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

livebearing

反义词 2

oviparous ovo-viviparous

相关短语

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词源

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

来源：wiktionary