Example Sentences
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It is the only other highly ranked "monotocous" species, meaning it typically produces a single offspring per pregnancy rather than litters.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
A female typically has around six litters a year, each with up to 12 pups.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Lunar base inhabitants might also require metal and they could even harvest this from the dusty grey debris that litters the lunar surface.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
For example, females born in litters with many males become masculinized, likely from the high testosterone levels in the mother’s uterus.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
The trip to the kitchen and back could not have taken more than two minutes, yet in that time I tramped through swampy cemeteries, climbed over dusty gravestones and eluded litters of night-black cats.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
