ditokous

[dit-uh-kuh s]

adjective

producing two young or laying two eggs at a time.
producing two kinds of young, as certain worms.

Origin of ditokous

< Greek ditókos twin-bearing, equivalent to di- di-¹ + -tókos childbearing; see -ous

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