Oviparity
QUALITY OF LAYING EGGS FOR REPRODUCTION
Oviparous; Oviparious; Ovipary; Oviparous reproduction; Egg-laying; Ootokous; Ootocus; Lecithotrophic; Ovuliparity; Lecithotrophy
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and monotremes.