Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oviparous

/oʊˈvɪpəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: oviparous
IPA: /oʊˈvɪpəɹəs/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.

Example Sentences

"The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals."
"And though it might be thought that all animals who have lungs do cough; yet in cataceous fishes, who have large and strong lungs, the same is not observed; nor yet in oviparous quadrupeds: and in the greatest thereof, the crocodile, although we read much of their tears, we find nothing of that motion."
"Until fairly recently, no female Somniosus had been observed to be carrying embryos, so it was assumed that this was an oviparous species."

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Late Latin ōviparus + -ous. By surface analysis, ovi- + -parous.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊˈvɪpəɹəs/
British English: /əʊˈvɪpəɹəs/

Derived Forms

oviparously oviparousness semioviparous

Frequently Paired Words

oviparity ovoviviparous viviparous

Synonyms

egglaying

Rhymes With

viviparous ovoviviparous

Questions

How do you pronounce oviparous?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊˈvɪpəɹəs/.
What does oviparous mean?: Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
Where does oviparous come from?: Adapted borrowing of Late Latin ōviparus + -ous. By surface analysis, ovi- + -parous.

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