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   pullulate

   /ˈpʌljʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. multiply or spread prolifically or rapidly: "the countless rats that pullulate in the mine"
   • ▪ be full of or teeming with: "the place pullulated with writers"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin pullulat- ‘sprouted’, from the verb pullulare, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus ‘young animal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pullulation noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • U

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   • L

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