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What does ovoviviparous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body
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Females are ovoviviparous, retaining yolked embryos without nourishing them.
Development is ovoviviparous and litters of up to 50 pups have been reported.
Like many higher altitude species Chamaeleo fuelleborni is ovoviviparous, meaning that the eggs develop inside the female and hatch upon exit.
Reproductive cycle of the ovoviviparous iguanid lizard Sceloporus jarrovi Cope.
Gastrotheca marsupiata is an ovoviviparous anuran with a gestation period of three to four months.
Quick and dirty tabulation of stomach contents and maturity stages for skates, squaloid and other ovoviviparous and viviparous species of sharks.

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