vermiparous

adjective

ver·​mip·​a·​rous

(¦)vər¦mipərəs

: producing wormlike young

blowflies are vermiparous

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin vermiparus (translation of Greek skōlēkotókos in Aristotle's Historia animalium), from vermi- vermi- + -parus -parous

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