ditokous
Americanadjective
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producing two young or laying two eggs at a time.
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producing two kinds of young, as certain worms.
Etymology
Origin of ditokous
< Greek ditókos twin-bearing, equivalent to di- di- 1 + -tókos childbearing; -ous
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Ditokous, dit′ō-kus, adj. producing two at a birth.
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