pluriparousadj.
/plʊəˈrɪp(ə)rəs/, /plɔːˈrɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /plʊˈrɪpərəs/ 1. Zoology. Polytocous. Cf. multiparous adj. 1. Now rare.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > bearing more than one at a time
multiparous1646
multiparient1788
brooded1857
pluriparous1866
polytocous1924
1866 J. M. Duncan Fecundity v. 39 Woman is not a pluriparous animal, neither does she produce so regularly.
1877 Philos. Trans. 1876 (Royal Soc.) 166 580 In the pluriparous Pig, as was known to Von Baer, the poles of the chorion are free from villi.
1883 Lancet 24 Mar. 492/2 The trivial and the grave disorders of pregnancy are more common in pluriparous than in uniparous women.
1923 Hereditas 4 31 Among most of the mammals pluriparous birth depends upon the detachment of several eggs.
1929 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 68 30 There are uniparous and pluriparous animals.
2. Obstetrics and Zoology. = multiparous adj. 2.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > having offspring
fruited1612
multiparous1849
pluriparous1890
parous1898
1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Pluriparous, of or relating to a pluripara.
1978 Ann. Vet. Res. 9 361 Calves from primiparous cows had lower concentrations [of gammaglobulin] than from pluriparous.
1989 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) (Nexis) 104 188 The regressions of intentions to exercise on all variables yielded R2 of 0.52 for nulliparous and 0.60 for pluriparous pregnant women.
2004 Theriogenology 61 1293 The second subgroup included ewes aged between more than 2 and 10 years and were pluriparous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1866