Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quadriparous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quadri-parous
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having given birth to four offspring.

adj

Laying four eggs.

Example Sentences

"Quadriparous patients had more sufficient samples than others. None of the patients were nuliparous."
"Six young nulliparous (6-month-old) and 6 old multiparous (tri- or quadriparous, 2-year-old) female Japanese white rabbits (body weight 3.0 kg) were killed by […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- English -parous English quadriparous From quadri- + -parous.

Questions

What does quadriparous mean?: Having given birth to four offspring.
Where does quadriparous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- English -parous English quadriparous From quadri- + -parous.

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