larviparous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
larviparous (not comparable)
- (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[edit]
- “larviparous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.