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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 diedplay

2. birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the motherplay

  Familiarity information: POSTHUMOUS BIRTH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POSTHUMOUS BIRTH (noun)


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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