ditokous

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + τόκος (tókos, “a bringing forth, offspring”).

Adjective

ditokous (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having two kinds of young.

   Certain annelids are ditokous.

2. (zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.

   Some birds are ditokous.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ditokous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)