Usually means: Laying eggs, characteristic of species.
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  1. ovipositional: Merriam-Webster
  2. ovipositional: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ovipositional: Wiktionary
  4. ovipositional: Dictionary.com
  5. ovipositional: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ovipositional: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ovipositional: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Related to, or by means of, oviposition

Similar:
ovipository, ovogenic, ovological, ovistic, ovulational, ovulationary, ovular, oviductal, ovulatory, ovist, more...

Opposite:
spermaductive, viviparous, live-bearing

Types:
bird, chicken, duck, goose, turkey, quail, pigeon, ostrich, emu, more...

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Similar:
ovipository, ovogenic, ovological, ovistic, ovulational, ovulationary, ovular, oviductal, ovulatory, ovist, more...

Opposite:
spermaductive, viviparous, live-bearing

Types:
bird, chicken, duck, goose, turkey, quail, pigeon, ostrich, emu, more...



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