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birthquakes

birthquakes is the plural of birthquake.

Meaning of birthquake

Noun

birthquake (plural birthquakes)

  1. (informal) An event involving a large number of births or creations.
    • It has 149 midwives, 129 beds for gynaecological cases, 314 maternity beds and a "birthquake" of 39,856 babies (more than 109 per day).1976, Ray K. Tyers, Singapore, Then & Now, volume 2, page 449

Questions about birthquakes

What is birthquakes the plural of?
Birthquakes is the plural of birthquake.

Words near birthquakes in the dictionary

  1. birthparent
  2. birthparents
  3. birthplace
  4. birthplaces
  5. birthquake
  6. birthquakes
  7. birthrate
  8. birthrates
  9. birthright
  10. birthright citizen
  11. birthright citizens

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