Usually means: Produces multiple offspring in one birth.
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  1. polytocous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. polytocous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. polytocous: Wordnik
  4. polytocous: Wiktionary
  5. polytocous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. polytocous: Dictionary.com
  7. Polytocous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. polytocous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Polytocous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. polytocous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. polytocous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. polytocous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. polytocous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. polytocous: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (biology) Giving birth to multiple offspring at the same time; multiparous.

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