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vivipara

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Vi`vip´a`ra

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; - opposed to Ovipara.

vivipara

pl. animals whose young are bom live, as mammals. — viviparity, n. — viviparous, adj.

See also: Zoology

pl. animals that bear living young. Cf. ovipara, ovovivipara. — viviparity, n. — viviparous, adj.

See also: Animals

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