Young-bearing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  young-bearing
       adj : capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring [syn: {egg-producing(a)},
              {young-bearing(a)}]