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单词 fetiparous
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fetiparousadj.

Brit. /fiːˈtɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌfiˈtɪp(ə)rəs/
Forms: 1800s foetiparous, 1800s– fetiparous.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: fetus n., -iparous comb. form.
Etymology: < fet- (in fetus n.) + -iparous comb. form, after French fœtipare (1825 or earlier).
Zoology. rare.
Giving birth to offspring in a state of incomplete development; spec. designating a marsupial.
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1829 E. Milligan tr. F. Magendie Elem. Compend. Physiol. Index p. xlvi Table of the animal kingdom, (by Desmoulins)..Table of fetiparous mammalia, (same).
1998 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 353 1231/1 The developmental mechanism is only necessary if monotremes are derived from within a fetiparous Marsupialia, a specific affiliation decisively falsified by newer evidence from the fossil record as well as by the molecular data.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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