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multiple birth

noun

  1. a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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You can really learn about the neighborhood’s character through its discards—I’ve seen multiple birth tubs posted for free.

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She was born in Ukraine in 1989 with multiple birth defects, three years after the Chernobyl disaster, and after being abandoned by her birth parents she grew up in an orphanage where she was regularly beaten and abused.

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The dog, who had multiple birth defects, was found in the center of Pembroke, Wales, in September.

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Due to many years of campaigning by Twins Trust it's now very rare that multiple birth siblings are offered places in different schools.

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"Multiple birth children are now included in the schools' admissions code as 'excepted children' - children who may be admitted to school even if this exceeds the 30 infant class size limit".

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