semelparous

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛməlpərəs/

Definition of semelparous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Reproducing only once in a lifetime.

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Etymology

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

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