superfoetation
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Superfoetation — Su per*f[oe]*ta tion, n. Superfetation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
superfoetation — same as ↑superfetation … Useful english dictionary
superfoetation — Same as superconception … Ballentine's law dictionary
Superfetation — (also spelt superfoetation see fetus) is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing embryo in the same animal. In mammals it manifests as the formation of a fetus from a different menstrual cycle while another embryo is… … Wikipedia
Hippocratic Corpus — Vaticanus graecus 277, 10v 11r: Table of contents in a fourteenth century Hippocratic Corpus manuscript. Marcus Fabius Calvus owned this manuscript, transcribed it in his own hand, and used it in the preparation of his 1525 Latin translation. The … Wikipedia
clutch overlap — superfetation (the simultaneous development of several broods within the ovary where they are nourished; enabled by the entrance and storage of sperm in the ovary, e.g. in Poeciliidae. Also spelled superfoetation) … Dictionary of ichthyology
superfetation — the simultaneous development of several broods within the ovary where they are nourished; enabled by the entrance and storage of sperm in the ovary, e.g. in Poeciliidae. Also spelled superfoetation … Dictionary of ichthyology
superconception — Conception by a woman already pregnant; also known as superfoetation … Ballentine's law dictionary
