su|per|fe|ta|tion

su|per|fe|ta|tion
su|per|fe|ta|tion «SOO puhr fih TAY shuhn», noun.
1. Physiology. a second conception before the birth of the offspring of the first conception. This occurs normally in some animals.
2. Botany. the fertilization of the same ovule by two different kinds of pollen.
3. Figurative. a) additional production; growth or accretion (of one upon another). b) an instance of this.

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  • per|fo|ra|tion — «PUR fuh RAY shuhn», noun. 1. a hole bored or punched through or into something: »the perforations in the top of a saltshaker. Detach the check at the line of perforations. 2. the act of perforating. 3. the condition of being perforated …   Useful english dictionary

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