[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

viviparous \vivip"arous\, a. l. viviparus; vivus alive +
   parere to bear, bring forth. cf. viper. 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.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
viper oviparous viviparous fish embiotocoid viviparous shell viviparus 
melantho 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

viviparous
     adj : producing living young not eggs ant: oviparous, ovoviviparous
see also:
oviparous ovoviviparous 

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