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Meaning of SUPERFETATE

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 Definition: [v]  conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Su`per*fe"tate\, v. i. [L. superfetare; super
above, over + fetare to bring forth.]
To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of
the offspring.
      The female . . . is said to superfetate. --Grew.
 

 

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