vermiparous

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vermis (“a worm”) + parere (“to bring forth”), +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /vɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪpəɹəs/

Adjective edit

vermiparous (comparative more vermiparous, superlative most vermiparous)

Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
- 1862, Richard Cresswell, Aristotle's History of Animals:
  vermiparous animals

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vermiparous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)