viviparity
viviparity — 名詞
1. A biological reproductive method in which an animal's offspring grow inside the
胎生
胎兒在體內發育至出生的生殖方式
A biological reproductive method in which an animal's offspring grow inside the parent's body and are born as live young, rather than being laid as eggs that develop outside.
In reptiles, viviparity has evolved independently in skinks, chameleons, and certain sea snakes.
在爬蟲類中，胎生已在石龍子、變色龍及某些海蛇中獨立演化多次。
collocation: viviparity has evolved independently in [group]
Indra compared the energy demands of viviparity and egg-laying in her thesis on freshwater fish.
Indra 在她的淡水魚類論文中比較了胎生與卵生的能量消耗。
collocation: viviparity compared with egg-laying
Among sharks, viviparity is the most common reproductive mode, seen in hammerheads and bull sharks.
在鯊魚中，胎生是最常見的生殖方式，可見於雙髻鯊和公牛鯊。
collocation: viviparity is the most common [mode] in [group]
The transition to viviparity lets some lizards control the temperature of their developing embryos.
轉為胎生讓某些蜥蜴能控制發育中胚胎的溫度。
collocation: transition to viviparity
- the evolution of viviparity
- transition to viviparity
- viviparity in [reptiles / fish / mammals]
- the origin of viviparity
- viviparity has evolved independently
- the advantages of viviparity
- the frequency of viviparity
- live birth
less technical, everyday term; viviparity is the formal scientific label
- oviparity
the opposite reproductive strategy — laying eggs that develop outside the parent's body
- ovoviviparity
a middle strategy where eggs hatch inside the mother but the embryos receive no direct nutrition from her body
文法句型
used as uncountable noun
用法筆記
Primarily used in academic writing about animal reproduction. Frequently contrasted with oviparity (egg-laying) and ovoviviparity (eggs that hatch inside the mother but receive no placental nourishment). Subject of the sentence is typically a taxonomic group (reptiles, fish, amphibians) or a biological concept (the evolution, the transition).
常見錯誤
同根字
- viviparous形容詞C2
- oviparity名詞C2
- oviparous形容詞C2
- ovoviviparity名詞C2
- ovoviviparous形容詞C2