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POSTHUMOUS BIRTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does posthumous birth mean?
• POSTHUMOUS BIRTH (noun)
The noun POSTHUMOUS BIRTH has 2 senses:
1. birth of a child after the father has died
2. birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
Familiarity information: POSTHUMOUS BIRTH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Birth of a child after the father has died
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("posthumous birth" is a kind of...):
birth; nascence; nascency; nativity (the event of being born)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("posthumous birth" is a kind of...):
birth; nascence; nascency; nativity (the event of being born)
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