section_path: Scientific classifications/Egg-laying reproduction
section_name: Egg-laying reproduction
paragraph_text: Egg-laying reproduction
  
  Animals are commonly classified by their manner of reproduction, at the most general level distinguishing egg-laying (Latin. oviparous) from live-bearing (Latin. viviparous).
  
  These classifications are divided into more detail according to the development that occurs before the offspring are expelled from the adult's body. Traditionally:
  
  The term hemotrophic derives from the Latin for blood-feeding, contrasted with histotrophic for tissue-feeding.