semelparous

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English

Etymology

From Latin semel (once, a single time) + pariō (give birth, produce, bring forth). Coined by Lamont Cole in 1954.

Pronunciation

Adjective

semelparous (not comparable)

  1. (biology) reproducing only once in a lifetime

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