Definitions
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- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.
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- adjective Posessing two
wombs .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek δι (di, "two") + δελφύς (delphus, "womb").
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Examples
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There are three kinds of didelphic or marsupial animals on the coast.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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