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from The Century Dictionary.
- Having few at a birth: applied in ornithology to birds which lay four eggs or fewer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Producing few young.
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sionnach commented on the word oligotokous
referring to a creature that lays four eggs or fewer.
February 1, 2008