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birth
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[ noun ] the time when something begins (especially life)
Examples "they divorced after the birth of the child" or "his election signaled the birth of a new age" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth , a method that produced surprising results : maturing of a male Indian_python in less_than two years , his mate in less_than three ; data on the boa_constrictor about match this . This birth length seems to be typical . The range is from 14 to 25 inches ; the former figure is based on a somewhat unusual birth of four by a Central_American female ( see chapter on Laying , Brooding , Hatching , and Birth ) , the latter on a `` normal '' newly born individual . |
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[ noun ] the event of being born
Examples "they celebrated the birth of their first child" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)It was not as_though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years , not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle_Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages , two births , one divorce ) , Christmas and Easter_cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years . |
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[ noun ] (biology) the process of giving birth
Synonyms Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The range is from 14 to 25 inches ; the former figure is based on a somewhat unusual birth of four by a Central_American female ( see chapter on Laying , Brooding , Hatching , and Birth ) , the latter on a `` normal '' newly born individual . Related terms organic_process calving hatch laying labor brooding farrow childbirth reproduction be_born |
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