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su⋅per⋅fe⋅ta⋅tion
[soo-per-fee-tey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant. |
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| su·per·fe·ta·tion (sōō'pər-fē-tā'shən) n. Formation or development of a second fetus when one is already present in the uterus, occurring normally in some animal species. |
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Superfetation
Su`per*fe*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. superf['e]tation.] (Physiol.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation. In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character. --Coleridge.
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Main Entry: su·per·fe·ta·tion
Variant: or chiefly British su·per·foe·ta·tion /"sü-p&r-fE-'tA-sh&n/
Function: noun
: successive fertilization of two or more ova of different ovulations resulting in the presence of embryos of unlikeages in the same uterus
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