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live-bearing
(English) 1)Ovoviviparity (production of eggs that are fertilised and hatch inside the mother but the embryos lack a placental connection to the oviduct or uterus and so do not feed off the mother. The young are born as miniature adults, free-swimming and feeding, 2)viviparity (the condition of giving birth to active, free-swimming young). (See also: ovoviviparity, viviparity, Livebearers)

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