biparous

1. 1.

   producing two offspring at a time

   Synonymstwinning

   Similarmultiparous

Questions about biparous

What does biparous mean?

biparous means "producing two offspring at a time".

How many syllables are in biparous?

biparous has 3 syllables: bi-pa-rous. The stress falls on "bi".

What is another word for biparous?

Close synonyms include twinning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biparous a common word?

biparous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.