Usually means: Produces larvae instead of eggs.
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  1. larviparous: Collins English Dictionary
  2. larviparous: Wordnik
  3. larviparous: Wiktionary
  4. larviparous: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. larviparous: Dictionary.com
  6. Larviparous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. larviparous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Larviparous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. larviparous: FreeDictionary.org
  10. larviparous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. Larviparous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. larviparous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  (zoology) Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs

Similar:
semioviparous, viviparous, leptiform, oviviviparous, larvaceous, ovo-viviparous, zoogonous, ovoviviparous, pupivorous, setiparous, more...

Opposite:
oviparous, viviparous

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Similar:
semioviparous, viviparous, leptiform, oviviviparous, larvaceous, ovo-viviparous, zoogonous, ovoviviparous, pupivorous, setiparous, more...

Opposite:
oviparous, viviparous



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