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gemelliparous

gemelliparous adjective: producing twins.

Adjective

gemelliparous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Producing twins
    • The cow whale is not gemelliparous, and after incubation are supposed to carry the foetus twelve months ; some few have been found with twins, but it is rare ; the lacteal aliment is of a pure white colour.1838, Joel Samuel Polack, New Zealand
    • He further considers it probable that “specific polyembryony in the Dasypodidae began by the formation of a set of twins, perhaps at first a sporadic case of gemelliparous development such as probably occurs in the production of duplicate twins in the human species.1915, The Biological Bulletin

Origin of gemelliparous

From Latin gemellipara f, from gemellus (“twin”) + parere (“to bear, produce”).

Questions about gemelliparous

What does gemelliparous mean?
Gemelliparous means producing twins.
What part of speech is gemelliparous?
Gemelliparous is an adjective.

Words near gemelliparous in the dictionary

  1. gemellary
  2. gemelle
  3. gemelled
  4. gemelles
  5. gemelliparity
  6. gemelliparous
  7. gemellological
  8. gemellology
  9. gemels
  10. Gemendhoo
  11. gemeprost

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