multiparous

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mul·tip·a·rous (m

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adj.

1. Having given birth two or more times.

2. Giving birth to more than one offspring at a time.

multi·pari·ty (m

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) n.

multiparous [mʌlˈtɪpərəs]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of certain species of mammal) producing many offspring at one birth

2. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) of, relating to, or designating a multipara

[from New Latin multiparus]

multiparity [ˌmʌltɪˈpærɪtɪ] n

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Adj.

multiparous - producing more than one offspring at a time

biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

uniparous - producing only one offspring at a time

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