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superfetation

noun
/suːpəfəˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin superfetare (“conceive while pregnant”), from super- + fetus.

  1. learned borrowing from fētus — “offspring”
  2. prefixed as superfetation — “super + fetus”

Definitions

  1. The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.

  2. An excessive accumulation

    An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for superfetation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA