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polyparous

polyparous adjective: producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.

Adjective

polyparous (comparative more polyparous, superlative most polyparous)

  1. Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.

Forms of polyparous

comparativemore polyparous
superlativemost polyparous

Origin of polyparous

From poly- + Latin parere (“to produce”).

Questions about polyparous

What does polyparous mean?
Polyparous means producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
What part of speech is polyparous?
Polyparous is an adjective.

Words near polyparous in the dictionary

  1. polyparasitism
  2. polyparasitized
  3. polyparia
  4. polyparies
  5. polyparium
  6. polyparous
  7. polypary
  8. polypathia
  9. polypathias
  10. polypathic
  11. polypathologies

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