oviparous adj 1: egg-laying [ant: {live-bearing}, {ovoviviparous}, {viviparous}]
Oviparous \O*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to {viviparous}. [1913 Webster]