live-bearing

Adjective

Meaning

producing living young (not eggs)

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Among the live-bearing species, differences in the mode and degree of support the female gives the developing larvae occur. Source: Internet

Animals with blood were divided into live-bearing (mammals), and egg-bearing (birds and fish). Source: Internet

The live-bearing groups differ in whether the young are carried to term within (ovoviviparous) or without (viviparous) an enclosing eggshell. Source: Internet

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