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Ovoviviparous

Ovoviviparous \O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare.] (Biol.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ovoviviparous

1801, from comb. form of ovum + viviparous.

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ovoviviparous

a. Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body

WordNet
ovoviviparous

adj. producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body [ant: viviparous, oviparous]

Usage examples of "ovoviviparous".

The most advanced life-form is a presapient ovoviviparous semierect terrestrial biped with a brain clas­sification of 67:3:462.