polytocous

(pə lit ə kəs)

adjective

having more than one offspring at a birth

See polytocous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Producing many offspring in a single birth.

Origin:

Origin: Greek polutokos, bearing many offspring

Origin: : polu-, poly-

Origin: + tokos, offspring, birth; see tek- in Indo-European roots

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