産さん子し数すう

noun

litter size; number of offspring

Technical term used in biology, animal husbandry, and ecology to refer to the number of young born in a single litter.

• このマウスの系けい統とうは産さん子し数すうが多おおい。

  This mouse strain has a large litter size.

• 産さん子し数すうは母ぼ体たいの栄えい養よう状じょう態たいに影えい響きょうされる。

  Litter size is affected by the mother's nutritional condition.