Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having several young at a birth; multiparous.
  • of or pertaining to a pluripara.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Producing several young at a birth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Producing several young at a single birth.

Etymologies

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pluri- + Latin parere to bring forth. See parous.

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