英语词汇“philoprogenitive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

philoprogenitive

释义

philoprogenitive, a.|ˌfɪləʊprəʊˈdʒɛnɪtɪv|
[irreg. f. philo- + L. progenit-, ppl. stem of progignĕre to beget + -ive.]
1. Inclined to production of offspring; prolific.
1865tr. Strauss' New Life Jesus II. ii. lvii. 41 To assimilate him to the philoprogenitive Gods of the heathen.1884Public Opinion 11 July 33/1 Its [‘native’ oyster's] place will be taken by the less philoprogenitive but not less delicate bivalve of Baltimore or of Portugal.
2. Phrenol. Loving one's offspring; of or pertaining to love of offspring.
1876H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. iii. xi. (1879) 767 Among brutes the philoprogenitive instinct is occasionally suppressed by the desire to kill, and even to devour, their young ones.1894D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 183 The pellet..hit him..on the philoprogenitive bump, and he swore audibly.

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