multiparous

Definition

Having two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring.

Etymology

From multi- + -parous.

Example Sentences

• "It is not denied there have been bicipitous Serpents with the head at each extream, for an example hereof we finde in Aristotle, and of the like form in Aldrovandus we meet with the Icon of a Lizzard; which double formations do often happen unto multiparous generations, more especially that of Serpents […]"