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Answer for the clue "Results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time ", 13 letters:
superfetation

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Superfetation (also spelled superfoetation – see fetus ) is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing offspring in the same animal. In mammals , it manifests as the formation of an embryo from a different estrous cycle while another ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; "superfetation is normal in some animal species"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. 2 An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superfetation \Su`per*fe*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. superf['e]tation.] (Physiol.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when ...

Usage examples of superfetation.

Pliny speaks of a slave who bore two infants, one resembling the master, the other a man with whom she had intercourse, and cites the case as one of superfetation.