multiparous

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ -parous

Adjective

multiparous

1. Having two or more pregnancies, resulting in viable offspring.
2. Producing several offspring at one time.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     It is not denied there have been bicipitous Serpents with the head at each extream, for an example hereof we finde in Aristotle, and of the like form in Aldrovandus weneet with the Icon of a Lizzard; which double formations do often happen unto multiparous generations, more especially that of Serpents […]

Translations

having two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring

• Icelandic: (multiparous woman) fjölbyrja f
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producing several offspring at one time

• Manx: yl-aalagh, yl-heelreeagh
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