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thirdborns

thirdborns is the plural of thirdborn.

Meaning of thirdborn

Noun

thirdborn (plural thirdborns)

  1. The third child born to a parent or family.
    • After correcting for factors that may affect scores, including parents’ education level, maternal age at birth and family size, the researchers found that eldest children scored an average of 103.2, about 3 percent higher than second children (100.3) and 4 percent higher than thirdborns (99.0).2007 June 22, Benedict Carey, “Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.”, in New York Times

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Questions about thirdborns

What is thirdborns the plural of?
Thirdborns is the plural of thirdborn.

Words near thirdborns in the dictionary

  1. Third-Worldism
  2. Third-Worldist
  3. Third-Worldists
  4. Third-Worldization
  5. thirdborn
  6. thirdborns
  7. thirdborough
  8. thirdboroughs
  9. thirde
  10. thirded
  11. thirder

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