polytokyn.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪtəki/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪdəki/

Forms: 1700s polytokie, 1900s– polytocy, 1900s– polytoky.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πολυτοκία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυτοκία fecundity < πολυτόκος bearing more than one child, producing numerous offspring, prolific (see polytocous adj.) + -ία -y suffix³.

rare.

†1. The condition of having borne many children; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of

feracityc1420

fecundity1447

fertility1490

virility1598

fruitfulness1624

Priapus1637

procreativeness1655

breedingness1674

prolificness1678

prolificalness1699

polytoky1702

breediness1753

prolificacy1756

philoprogenitiveness1842

propagability1853

teemfulness1855

teeming1856

progenitiveness1868

fecundability1926

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxix. 165/1 Altho' New-England has no Instances of such a Polytokie, yet it has had Instances of what has been remarkable: one Woman has had not less than Twenty two Children.

1715 R. Thoresby Ducatus Leodiensis App. 608 Dorothy..Wife of Mr. Joseph Cowper of this Parish, died in childbed of her twenty-fifth or twenty-sixth Birth, which is the greatest Instance of such a Polytokie in these Parts.

2. Zoology. The condition of being polytocous.

ΚΠ

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 663/1 Polytokous, bringing forth many young at a birth; prolific; fecund.—n. polytoky.

1990 Jrnl. Zool. 222 557 Monotocous species [of bat] are numerous and found in all environments, but there are few polytocous species and polytocy has not been recorded in some environments.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polytoky
释义	polytokyn. Brit. /pəˈlɪtəki/, U.S. /pəˈlɪdəki/ Forms: 1700s polytokie, 1900s– polytocy, 1900s– polytoky. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πολυτοκία. Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυτοκία fecundity < πολυτόκος bearing more than one child, producing numerous offspring, prolific (see polytocous adj.) + -ία -y suffix³. rare. †1. The condition of having borne many children; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of feracityc1420 fecundity1447 fertility1490 virility1598 fruitfulness1624 Priapus1637 procreativeness1655 breedingness1674 prolificness1678 prolificalness1699 polytoky1702 breediness1753 prolificacy1756 philoprogenitiveness1842 propagability1853 teemfulness1855 teeming1856 progenitiveness1868 fecundability1926 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxix. 165/1 Altho' New-England has no Instances of such a Polytokie, yet it has had Instances of what has been remarkable: one Woman has had not less than Twenty two Children. 1715 R. Thoresby Ducatus Leodiensis App. 608 Dorothy..Wife of Mr. Joseph Cowper of this Parish, died in childbed of her twenty-fifth or twenty-sixth Birth, which is the greatest Instance of such a Polytokie in these Parts. 2. Zoology. The condition of being polytocous. ΚΠ 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 663/1 Polytokous, bringing forth many young at a birth; prolific; fecund.—n. polytoky. 1990 Jrnl. Zool. 222 557 Monotocous species [of bat] are numerous and found in all environments, but there are few polytocous species and polytocy has not been recorded in some environments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1702
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