birth
/bɜɹθ/ noun A1- The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
- An instance of childbirth. · Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- A beginning or start; a point of origin. · the birth of an empire
- The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing. · He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
- That which is born.
Plural births
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A CONTROVERSY prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of whelps at a birth.
“And you,” they said, “how many sons have you at a birth?” The Lioness laughed at them, and said: “Why!
THE MONKEY, it is said, has two young ones at each birth.
Three centuries had flowed past the old Manor House, centuries of births and of homecomings, of country dances and of the meetings of fox hunters.
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