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superfetations

superfetations is the plural of superfetation.

Meaning of superfetation

Noun

superfetation (countable and uncountable, plural superfetations)

  1. The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
  2. An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.
    • These gentlemen were greatly astonished at Bovary's romantic ideas, and the pharmacist hurried in to say to him: "This velvet looks to me rather a superfetation. Besides, the expense..."1992, Geoffrey Wall, translator of Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Questions about superfetations

What is superfetations the plural of?
Superfetations is the plural of superfetation.

Words near superfetations in the dictionary

  1. superfetate
  2. superfetated
  3. superfetates
  4. superfetating
  5. superfetation
  6. superfetations
  7. superfetatious
  8. superfete
  9. superfeted
  10. superfetes
  11. superfeting

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