couvades

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A form of couvade — A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of couvade
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