ovine (ovin)

and n. [ the always follow very promptly, ovine unanimity. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 202. hence the whistle thinks and II. n. A member of the Ovina ; a sheep. Ovipara (ō-vip'a-rä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of LL. oviparus, egg-laying: see oviparous.] Animals which lay eggs to be hatched outside the body of the female parent, or those which are oviparous: opposed to Vivipara. Most animals, up to and including all birds and the lowest mammals, are of this character, though there are exceptions among reptiles, fishes, and many invertebrates. The term has no cla if i catory significance. IMG:content-2068.png:[blocks in formation] W. H. Caldwell's discovery of the oviparity of the Monotremata. L. C. Woold ridge, Proc. Roy. Soc., XXXVIII. 57. oviparous (ō-vip'a-rus), a. [=F. ovipare = Sp. ovíparo = Pg. It. oviparo,