Definition of Viviparous

describes animals that produce live babies instead of reproducing through eggs

Examples of Viviparous in a sentence

Although a shark is a fish, it is viviparous and gives birth to live baby sharks.  🔊

Mammals are viviparous and have life births instead of producing eggs.  🔊

Unlike most insects, scorpions are viviparous and produce live offspring instead of eggs.  🔊

The viviparous species cannot lay an egg and must give live birth to produce a child.  🔊

Even though it is considered a mammal like a human, the platypus is not viviparous and doesn’t give live birth.  🔊

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