parturition

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Syngnathids are also unique among vertebrates due to their ‘male pregnancy’, whereby males nourish developing embryos in a brood pouch until hatching and parturition occurs2, 3.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

This expression pattern suggests a role for these pastn genes in brood pouch development and/or hatching of embryos within the brood pouch prior to parturition.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

We cannot ignore the troublesome evidence of history, which suggests that, over time, ghastly adjoinages can become so embedded in the language that we forget the ugly process of their parturition.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2013

This vision of parturition as a form of demonic torture co-exists, bizarrely enough, with an abortion debate waged by the undead.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2011

Many persons have assumed that gestation periods in snakes are the intervals between mating and parturition, and that mating and ovulation occur at approximately the same time.

From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.