Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gemelliparous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gemel-li-parous
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing twins

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The cow whale is not gemelliparous, and after incubation are supposed to carry the foetus twelve months ; some few have been found with twins, but it is rare ; the lacteal aliment is of a pure white colour."
"He further considers it probable that “specific polyembryony in the Dasypodidae began by the formation of a set of twins, perhaps at first a sporadic case of gemelliparous development such as probably occurs in the production of duplicate twins in the human species."

Etymology

From Latin gemellipara f, from gemellus (“twin”) + parere (“to bear, produce”).

Usage

Obsolete

Frequently Paired Words

gemelliparity

Questions

What does gemelliparous mean?: Producing twins
Where does gemelliparous come from?: From Latin gemellipara f, from gemellus (“twin”) + parere (“to bear, produce”).

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