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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.

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Examples

  • When we returned to our Burren I began repeating the "work" for our native lizards, the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara and the legless lizard, the slowworm Anguis fragilis (although the latter was probably introduced into the Burren as they are not native to Ireland).

    Country diary: The Burren, Ireland Sarah Poyntz 2010

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 affects decomposition of '' Festuca vivipara '' (L.)

    Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

  • Effects of maternal parasite load on offspring life-history traits in the common lizard Lacerta vivipara.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Effects of maternal parasite load on offspring life-history traits in the common lizard Lacerta vivipara.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Effects of maternal parasite load on offspring life-history traits in the common lizard Lacerta vivipara.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Common reptile species include asp viper Vipera aspis, viviparous lizard Lacerta vivipara, wall lizard Podarcis muralis and the green lizard Lacerta viridis.

    Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland 2008

  • * This species is more usually known as Lacerta vivipara but, because Lacerta is otherwise paraphyletic, Mayer & Bischoff (1996) have argued that it warrants generic distinction.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Common amphibians and reptiles include: Lacerta vivipara, Rana arvalis, Agkistrodonhalys sp.,

    Sayan montane conifer forests 2007

  • The rare herb, Ramusatia vivipara, is limited to specialized habitats.

    Guinean montane forests 2007

  • But to continue our overview: the remainder of book II (from chapter 5 on) discusses the causes of the embryological development of vivipara, while the ovipara are the primary focus in book III, which closes with a discussion of animals that are not sexually generated, including those that arise ˜spontaneously.™

    Aristotle's Biology Lennox, James 2006

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