afterbirth

Example Sentences

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He showed me one young lamb barely an hour old, its mother still licking the afterbirth off.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

Because they feed primarily on cow afterbirth and calf carcasses, they help clean up messes and reduce labor time.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023

“It was years later,” says Reed-Allen now living in Urbana, Md., “when I realized afterbirth had been left inside me and that I could have died.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021

During the three days I spend there, it smells strongly of afterbirth and the floor is flecked with blood and dirt.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2017

I called the grandmother, who had been taking care of the boy, to get me blankets and see to the afterbirth.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson