English-Thai Dictionary

viviparous

ADJ ที่ ออกลูก เป็นตัว  ti-ook-luk-pen-tua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIVIPAROUS

a.[L. vivus, alive, and pario, to bear. ] 1. Producing young in a living state, as all mammifers; as distinguished from oviparous, producing eggs, as fowls. If fowls were viviparous, it is difficult to how the female would fly during preganancy.
2. In botany, producing its offspring alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instread of falling, as they usually do; as a viviparous plant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VIVIPAROUS

Vi *vip "a *rous, a. Etym: [L. viviparus; vivus alive + parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper. ] (Biol.)

 

Defn: Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous. Viviparous fish. (Zoöl.) See Embiotocoid. -- Viviparous shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.

 

VIVIPAROUSLY

VIVIPAROUSLY Vi *vip "a *rous *ly, adv. (Biol.)

 

Defn: In a viviparous manner.

 

VIVIPAROUSNESS

VIVIPAROUSNESS Vi *vip "a *rous *ness, n. (Biol.)

 

Defn: The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

viviparous

vi vip a rous |vīˈvip (ə )rəs, vi- vəˈvɪp (ə )rəs | ▶adjective Zoology (of an animal ) bringing forth live young that have developed inside the body of the parent. Compare with oviparous and ovoviviparous. • Botany (of a plant ) reproducing from buds that form plantlets while still attached to the parent plant, or from seeds that germinate within the fruit. DERIVATIVES viv i par i ty |ˌvivəˈparitē, ˌvīvə - |noun, vi vip a rous ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin viviparus (from vivus ‘alive ’ + -parus ‘bearing ’) + -ous .

 

viviparous lizard

viv ¦ip ¦ar |ous liz ¦ard ▶noun a small brownish-grey Eurasian lizard which gives birth to live young which have hatched from eggs inside the female. ●Lacerta vivipara, family Lacertidae. Alternative name: common lizard.

 

Oxford Dictionary

viviparous

viviparous |vɪˈvɪp (ə )rəs, vʌɪ -| ▶adjective 1 Zoology (of an animal ) bringing forth live young which have developed inside the body of the parent. Compare with oviparous and ovoviviparous. 2 Botany (of a plant ) reproducing from buds which form plantlets while still attached to the parent plant, or from seeds which germinate within the fruit. DERIVATIVES viviparity |ˌvɪvɪˈparɪti |noun, viviparously adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin viviparus (from vivus ‘alive ’ + -parus ‘bearing ’) + -ous .

 

viviparous lizard

viv ¦ip ¦ar |ous liz ¦ard ▶noun a small brownish-grey Eurasian lizard which gives birth to live young which have hatched from eggs inside the female. ●Lacerta vivipara, family Lacertidae. Alternative name: common lizard.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

viviparous

vi vip a rous /vɪvɪ́p (ə )rəs /形容詞 〘動 〙胎生の (→oviparous ).