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Couvade

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A custom among certain races of low culture in which a father before and after childbirth takes upon himself the duties and cares of the mother.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Couvade'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/couvade.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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