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OVIPAROUS
Definition of OVIPAROUS
adjective
Depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
OVIPAROUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Producing eggs that hatch outside the body.
Laying eggs to be hatched, or producing ova to be matured, outside the body of the parent; pertaining to the Ovipara: distinguished from ovoviviparous and from viviparous.
adjective
Producing young from eggs; ; -- opposed to viviparous.
“an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion”
adjective
Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing of Late Latin ōviparus + -ous. By surface analysis, ovi- + -parous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVIPAROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVIPAROUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIOOPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OVIPAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found OVIPAROUS?
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