Semelparous

//ˈsɛməlpərəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Reproducing only once in a lifetime. not-comparable

Etymology

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

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