posthumous birth

Definitions of posthumous birth
  1. noun
    birth of a child after the father has died
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    type of:
    birth, nascence, nascency, nativity
    the event of being born
  2. noun
    birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
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    type of:
    birth, nascence, nascency, nativity
    the event of being born
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