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English
Etymology
From Latin gemellipara f, from gemellus (“twin”) + parere (“to bear, produce”).
Adjective
gemelliparous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Producing twins
1838, Joel Samuel Polack, New Zealand:The cow whale is not gemelliparous, and after incubation are supposed to carry the foetus twelve months ; some few have been found with twins, but it is rare ; the lacteal aliment is of a pure white colour.
1915, The Biological Bulletin:He further considers it probable that “specific polyembryony in the Dasypodidae began by the formation of a set of twins, perhaps at first a sporadic case of gemelliparous development such as probably occurs in the production of duplicate twins in the human species.