Bearing living young; for example, when the seeds germinate on the parent plant or where plantlets are produced from the edges of leaves.
Referring to animals which bear live young, such as humans, as opposed to birds and reptiles which lay eggs.
Bearing live offspring, not eggs; it is characteristic of most mammals and also of some fishes and reptiles.
Describing animal groups (including most mammals) in which the embryos develop within the body of the mother so that the young are born alive rather than hatch from an egg.
A term used to describe animal groups including most mammals in which the embryos develop inside the mother’s body with the young being born alive (in contrast to, say, birds and reptiles which hatch from eggs).
Developing young within the body, the young being expelled and born alive; the opposite of oviparous.
Giving birth to live offspring rather than laying eggs that require hatching.