oviparous
Adjective
- egg-laying
Adj
- Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
Examples
- The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin oviparus + -ous.
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Scrabble Score: 14
oviparous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoviparous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
oviparous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
oviparous: valid Words With Friends Word