parous

1. a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing” that specified by the initial element: oviparous; viviparous.

adj combining form

1. giving birth tooviparous

word-forming element meaning “bearing, producing,” from Latin -parus (e.g. viviparus “bringing forth young alive”), from parere “to produce, bring forth” (see pare). suff.

1. Giving birth to; producing:multiparous.