Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bringing forth larvæ; giving birth to young which have already passed from the egg to the larval stage; producing maggots ovoviviparously, as the common blow-fly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Depositing living larvæ, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Depositing living
larvae , instead ofeggs ; said of certaininsects .
Etymologies
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larva + Latin parete to bring forth.
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This species of Bot fly is larviparous, i.e., the eggs are hatched within the body of the mother, the larvæ being produced alive.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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