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semelparous adjective The combining form "-parous" was first used in English by the 17th-century physician and writer Sir Thomas Browne, who wrote about organisms that were "multiparous" ("producing more than one at a birth"), "oviparous" ("producing eggs that develop outside the maternal body"), and "viviparous" ("producing living young instead of eggs from within the body"). The suffix is based on the Latin verb "parere," meaning "to give birth to," which is also a relative of the word that gave us "parent." "Semelparous," the youngest offspring of "-parous," was born in 1954. Its other parent is "semel," the Latin word for "once." : reproducing or breeding only once in a lifetime

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April 16, 2008 seh-MEL-puh-rus Each year the semelparous salmon return to the stream where they hatched to spawn, and they die soon thereafter.

Word	semelparous
Date	April 16, 2008
Type	adjective
Syllables	seh-MEL-puh-rus
Etymology	The combining form "-parous" was first used in English by the 17th-century physician and writer Sir Thomas Browne, who wrote about organisms that were "multiparous" ("producing more than one at a birth"), "oviparous" ("producing eggs that develop outside the maternal body"), and "viviparous" ("producing living young instead of eggs from within the body"). The suffix is based on the Latin verb "parere," meaning "to give birth to," which is also a relative of the word that gave us "parent." "Semelparous," the youngest offspring of "-parous," was born in 1954. Its other parent is "semel," the Latin word for "once."
Examples	Each year the semelparous salmon return to the stream where they hatched to spawn, and they die soon thereafter.
Definition	: reproducing or breeding only once in a lifetime

Producing Semelparous Eggs Latin Word April Adjective Seh Mel Puh Rus