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^ avvLardvat, A.-W. : avvLaraadai vulg. 



* I use (a), (6), and (c) to mark respectively the same 

 characteristic all through this passage for clarity of reference. 



" Lit., " is seminal " ; i.e., the males abound in semen and 

 the females in menstrual fluid (which is unconcocted semen). 



^ i.e., the embryos produced by way of superfetation. 



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