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a. [ L. ambo both + parere to bring forth. ] (Bot.) Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aqua water + parere to bring forth. ] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + parere to bring forth. ] Bringing forth two at a birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deus a god + parere to bring forth. ] Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dorsum + L. parere to bring forth. ] (Biol.) Same as Dorsiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare. ] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- Fis*sip"a*rous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. gemmipare. ] (Biol.) Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Larva + L. parete to bring forth. ] (Zool.) Depositing living larvæ, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mucus + L. parere to produce. ] (Physiol.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + L. parere to produce: cf. F. multipare. ] Producing many, or more than one, at a birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Nymph + L. parere to produce. ] (Zool.) Producing pupas or nymphs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Omniparient. ] Producing all things; omniparient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. opiparus, fr. ops, opis, riches + parare to provide. ] Sumptuous. [ Obs. ] -- O*pip"a*rous*ly, adv. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare. ] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare. ] (Biol.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Parusia. ] (a) The nativity of our Lord. (b) The last day. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pluri- + L. parere to bring forth. ] Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + L. parere to produce. ] Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Polypus + L. parere to produce. ] (Zool.) Producing polyps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Primipara. ] Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pupa + L. parere to bring forth. ] (Zool.) (a) Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvæ, or larval skins, of certain Diptera. (b) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. purpura purple + parere to produce. ] (Biol.) Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ramus + parere to bear. ] (Bot.) Producing branches; ramigerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sebum tallow + parere to bring forth. ] (Physiol.) Same as Sebiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Seta + L. papere to produce. ] (Zool.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sudor sweat + parere to produce. ] (Physiol.) Same as Sudoriferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + L. parere to bring forth. ] 1. (Zool.) Producing but one egg or young at a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Urine + L. parere to produce: cf. F. urinipare. ] (Physiol.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm + parere to bring forth. ] Producing or breeding worms. “Vermiparous animals.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. viviparus; vivus alive + parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper. ] (Biol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Viviparous fish. (Zool.) See Embiotocoid. --
Viviparous shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Biol.) In a viviparous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]