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Oviparous

/əʊˈvɪpəɹəs/

Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.

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adjective
  1. 1

    Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.

    "The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals."

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