multiparous

American

[muhl-tip-er-uhs] / mʌlˈtɪp ər əs /

adjective

of or relating to a multipara.
producing more than one at a birth.
Botany. (of a cyme) having many lateral axes.

multiparous British

/ ˌmʌltɪˈpærɪtɪ, mʌlˈtɪpərəs /

adjective

(of certain species of mammal) producing many offspring at one birth
of, relating to, or designating a multipara

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Other Word Forms

multiparity

noun

Etymology

Origin of multiparous

First recorded in 1640–50, multiparous is from the New Latin word multiparus bearing many young at a birth. See multi-, -parous

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Multiparous, mul-tip′a-rus, adj. producing many at a birth.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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