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Definition of Biparous
1. Adjective. Producing two offspring at a time.
Definition of Biparous
1. a. Bringing forth two at a birth.
Definition of Biparous
1. Adjective. producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biparous
1. producing offspring in pairs [adj]
Medical Definition of Biparous
1. Bearing two young. Origin: bi-+ L. Pario, to give birth (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biparous
Literary usage of Biparous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physiognomy Illustrated; Or, Nature's Revelations of Character: A by Joseph Simms (1889)
"Those which are biparous are narrower in this region, ... biparous, and multiparous
zoological groups:— ..."
2. The British Gynaecological Journal by British Gynaecological Society (1903)
"biparous " is taken to mean mother of two at a time, though, ... in the face of
the received meaning of " biparous" seems inadmissible, moreover, ..."
3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"Adj. two, twain ; dual, -istic ; binary, binomial ; twin, biparous ; dyadic ;
conduplicate ; duplex &c. 90 ; tête-à-tête. v. [unite in pairs] pair, couple, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"... have but semi- convictions, and there are but half characters to be seen in
the world. What is the society in which wo live? A biparous society, and the ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"biparous, (bij>'-pa-rns) a. Bringing forth two at a birth. BIPARTITE, (blp'-par-tite)
a. Having two correspondent parts. BIPED, (bi'-ped) ns An animal with ..."
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