vi·vip·a·rous /vaɪˈvɪp(ə)rəs, və-/
 (a.)胎生的,母體發芽的


 vi·vip·a·rous /vaɪˈvɪp(ə)rəs, və-/ 形容詞
 (拉viviparus)(在母)株上萌發的,胎萌的,胎生的


 Vi·vip·a·rous a.  Biol. Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
 Viviparous fish. Zool. See Embiotocoid.
 Viviparous shell Zool., any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.

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 viviparous
      adj : producing living young (not eggs) [ant: oviparous, ovoviviparous]