larviparous

English

Etymology

larva +‎ -parous

Adjective

larviparous (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs.
   • 2007, K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried, Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites:

     Trichuris is oviparous, Trichinella is larviparous, and C. philippinensis is both oviparous and larviparous.

References

• “larviparous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.