ovoviviparous

1. 1.

   producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body

   Antonymsviviparousoviparous

   zoology

Questions about ovoviviparous

What does ovoviviparous mean?

ovoviviparous means "producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body".

How many syllables are in ovoviviparous?

ovoviviparous has 6 syllables: o-vo-vi-vip-a-rous. The stress falls on "vip". In IPA it is /ˌoʊˌvoʊˌvaɪˈvɪpɚəs/.

What is the opposite of ovoviviparous?

The recorded antonyms are viviparous, oviparous.

Is ovoviviparous a common word?

ovoviviparous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.