viviparity

English

Noun

viviparity (uncountable)

1. The condition of being viviparous.
   • 2004, D. R. Khanna, Biology of Reptiles, page 221:

     Not all of the wholly viviparous lygosomine genera are likely to represent independent origins of viviparity; some may have inherited viviparity from a live-bearing ancestor.

Synonyms

• vivipary

Related terms

• ovivipary
• viviparism
• ovoviviparity
• ovoviviparous
• ovovivipary
• viviparous

Translations

the condition of being viviparous

• French: viviparité (fr) f
• German: Viviparie (de) f
• Hindi: जरायुजता m (jarāyujtā)
• Hungarian: elevenszülés
• Irish: beobhreitheacht f
• Italian: viviparità (it) f
• Volapük: lifamotam

See also

• oviparity
• oviparous