Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being ovoviviparous; the ovoviviparous state, or the function of producing eggs to be hatched inside the body of the parent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being
ovoviviparous .
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Most frogs and toads reproduce by laying eggs that hatch into tadpoles, but scientists have discovered three new species of toad in Tanzania that give birth to live young—a very rare adaptation for any amphibian, known as ovoviviparity.
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