young-bearing adj 1: capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring [syn: {egg-producing(a)}, {young-bearing(a)}]
young-bearing \young"-bear*ing\, adj. 1. (Zool.) being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals. [prenominal] Syn: egg-producing(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]