different between ovoviviparous vs fissiparous

English

Etymology

From ovo- +? viviparous, from ovo “egg” + vive “life, alive, living” + pare “produce, bring forth.”

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v??v??v?p???s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?vo?v??v?p???s/

Adjective

ovoviviparous (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body

Related terms

• oviparous
• ovoviviparity
• viviparous

Translations

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the New Latin fissiparus, from fissus (“split”, “cleft”) + pari? (“I bring forth”) by mistaken analogy with v?viparus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??s?p???s/

Adjective

fissiparous (comparative more fissiparous, superlative most fissiparous)

1. Factious, tending to break into pieces
2. Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
3. (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

Translations

Synonyms

• (factious): factious, unstable
• (causing fragmentation): divisive, fragmenting

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fissiparous.

Related terms

• fissile
• fissiparism
• oviparous
• multiparous
• nulliparous
• viviparous
• ovoviviparous