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MULTIPAROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does multiparous mean?
• MULTIPAROUS (adjective)
The adjective MULTIPAROUS has 1 sense:
1. producing more than one offspring at a time
Familiarity information: MULTIPAROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing more than one offspring at a time
Similar:
biparous; twinning (producing two offspring at a time)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Antonym:
uniparous (producing only one offspring at a time)
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