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Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Technically they're littermates...

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Twins and triples are words that contain information about the unusual number of children one had. Litter on the other hand is unspecific and is used to describe the group of newborn children of an animal for which it's typical to have more than one be born at the same time.