oviparous

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The goats of Hirgonqúu might be oviparous, and lay their eggs to be hatched by the sun.

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  1. adjective Producing eggs that hatch outside the body.

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  • Are slow-worms or blind-worms viviparous, oviparous, or ovoviviparous, or all three? —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
  • Most snakes are oviparous- that is, they deposit eggs which are hatched afterwards; but vipers are ovoviviparous, as the slow-worm is said to be. —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
  • She opened the cover on the document and read: Body form design for large, oviparous, flying reptile. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • But the Tlokee are oviparous, and High Mother's eggs will hatch at any moment. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 02 - February 1997
  • Though they are oviparous, yet they are viviparous also, hatching their young within their bellies, and then bringing them forth. —  The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
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  1. = French ovipare = Spanish oviparo = Portuguese Italian oviparo, from Late Latin oviparus, that produces eggs, egg-laying, from Latin ovum, egg, + parere, produce.
 

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/əˈvɪpərəs/
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