Etymology

iteroparous

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Today it means: reproducing more than once in a lifetime Full definition →

Latin iterum
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  1. Latin · derived fromiterum“again, a second time”
  2. English todayiteroparous

From Latin iterum (“again, a second time”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”). Coined by Lamont Cole in 1954.

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