Breviped :: Breviped (a.) Having short legs.

Breviped :: Breviped (n.) A breviped bird.

Brevipen :: Brevipen (n.) A brevipennate bird.

Brevipennate :: Brevipennate (a.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu..

Larviparous :: Larviparous (a.) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects..

Ovipara :: Ovipara (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara..

Oviparity :: Oviparity (n.) Generation by means of ova. See Generation.

Oviparous :: Oviparous (a.) Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous..

Oviposit :: Oviposit (v. i.) To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

Oviposit :: Oviposit (v. t.) To deposit or lay (an egg).

Oviposited :: Oviposited (imp. & p. p.) of Oviposi.

Ovipositing :: Ovipositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oviposi.

Ovipositing :: Ovipositing (n.) Alt. of Ovipositio.

Oviposition :: Oviposition (n.) The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects..

Ovipositor :: Ovipositor (n.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same..

Ovoviviparous :: Ovoviviparous (a.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles..

Viper :: Viper (a.) Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae..

Viper :: Viper (a.) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person..

Viperina :: Viperina (n. pl.) See Viperoidea.

Viperine :: Viperine (a.) Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.

Viperish :: Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.

Viperoidea :: Viperoidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Viperoide.

Viperoides :: Viperoides (n. pl.) A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.

Viperous :: Viperous (a.) Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue..

Vivipara :: Vivipara (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.

Viviparity :: Viviparity (n.) The quality or condition of being viviparous.

Viviparous :: Viviparous (a.) 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..

Viviparously :: Viviparously (adv.) In a viviparous manner.

Viviparousness :: Viviparousness (n.) The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.

Water Viper :: Water viper () See Water moccasin.

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