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philoprogenitive

philoprogenitive adjective: prolific, or producing many offspring.

Adjective

philoprogenitive (comparative more philoprogenitive, superlative most philoprogenitive)

  1. Prolific, or producing many offspring.
    • The police mess had formerly been a maternity home for the wives of the Sultans of the state. Faded and tatty, peeling, floorboards eaten and unpolished, its philoprogenitive glory was a memory only.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 20
  2. Loving one's offspring.

Forms of philoprogenitive

comparativemore philoprogenitive
superlativemost philoprogenitive

Origin of philoprogenitive

From philo- + progenitive.

Words formed from philoprogenitive

Questions about philoprogenitive

What does philoprogenitive mean?
Philoprogenitive means prolific, or producing many offspring.
What part of speech is philoprogenitive?
Philoprogenitive is an adjective.

Words near philoprogenitive in the dictionary

  1. philopolemical
  2. Philoponus
  3. philopotamid
  4. philopotamids
  5. philoprogeneity
  6. philoprogenitive
  7. philoprogenitively
  8. philoprogenitiveness
  9. philopterid
  10. philopterids
  11. philornithic

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