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pluriparous

pluriparous adjective: producing several young at a single birth.

Adjective

pluriparous (comparative more pluriparous, superlative most pluriparous)

  1. Producing several young at a single birth
    • a pluriparous animal
    Synonyms:
    multiparous

Synonyms of pluriparous

Forms of pluriparous

comparativemore pluriparous
superlativemost pluriparous

Origin of pluriparous

From pluri- + Latin parere (“to bring forth”). See parous.

Questions about pluriparous

What does pluriparous mean?
Pluriparous means producing several young at a single birth.
What part of speech is pluriparous?
Pluriparous is an adjective.

Words near pluriparous in the dictionary

  1. pluriovulate
  2. pluripara
  3. pluriparae
  4. pluriparas
  5. pluriparity
  6. pluriparous
  7. pluripartidism
  8. pluripartite
  9. pluripartyism
  10. pluripetalous
  11. pluripolar

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