adj
producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning
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(botany) The growth of an embryo to break through the seed coat but not the fruit wall before it splits open
n
The state of being dioicous.
adj
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
adj
That lays eggs, oviparous
n
The condition of being gemelliparous
adj
(obsolete) Producing twins
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Alternative form of gonoph
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Of or pertaining to the nature of a gynæcophore.
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of the hipparion.
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(biology) A form of viviparity in which young have viviparous young inside them when born
adj
(biology) reproducing more than once in a lifetime
v
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
n
(biology) The act or the result of larvipositing
adj
(biology) That bears live offspring; viviparous
adj
Converted to a mammalian form
adj
(biology) having a brood or generation once every three or more years
adj
(biology) Describing the simultaneous production of a single egg by each of a pair of oviducts
adj
(zoology) Having only one subordinate taxon; monotypic.
n
The situation where an ant colony is established at a single nest site.
adj
That comes into oestrus, and thus mates, only once per year
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Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has only one active queen
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In which a single ovum (egg) is produced
adj
Releasing a single ovum each ovarian cycle
adj
Producing several offspring at one time.
adj
(biology, rare) Giving birth to multiple young at one time; synonym of multiparous and polytocous.
adj
(biology) Having several broods or generations in a year.
adj
(zoology) Producing nymphs.
n
(zoology) oviparous organisms
adj
Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
n
The laying of eggs (especially by insects).
n
Quality of being oviviviparous.
adj
(of an animal) producing offspring that are gestated within eggs rather than via a placenta, these eggs hatching inside the mother's body before the young are born. For example, the Anaconda.
n
The quality of being ovoviviparous.
n
The condition of being ovoviviparous.
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The quality of being ovoviviparous.
n
Alternative form of ovolo [(architecture) A classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament.]
n
(biology) A member of a viviparous species from approximately one month before, to one month after, birth.
adj
Producing several young at a single birth
n
The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
adj
The condition of being polyholohedral
adj
Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
adj
(biology) Giving birth to multiple offspring at the same time; multiparous.
n
The condition of being polytocous
adj
(biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
adj
(zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
adj
(biology) reproducing only once in a lifetime
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Imperfectly viviparous; giving birth to immature young that finish developing outside the mother's body.
adj
(zoology) Very precocial; hatched in a highly developed state.
adj
Obsolete spelling of trophæal [(obsolete) Pertaining to a trophy or to trophies.]
adj
(zoology) Producing a single egg or offspring at one time
n
(biology) A univoltine organism.
adj
(zoology) Being or relating to a virginopara.
n
(biology) viviparous reproduction
adj
(of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.
n
(in animals) Live birth (as opposed to hatching from an egg).
n
(biology) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.
n
An exaggerated form of dialyneury.
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