uniparous

1. 1.

   producing only one offspring at a time

   Antonymsmultiparous

   biology

Questions about uniparous

What does uniparous mean?

uniparous means "producing only one offspring at a time".

How many syllables are in uniparous?

uniparous has 4 syllables and divides as u-ni-pa-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of uniparous?

The recorded antonyms are multiparous.

Is uniparous a common word?

uniparous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.