gravid
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of gravid
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin gravidus, “with child, with young, pregnant,” equivalent to grav(is) “heavy, weighty, burdened,” + -idus -id 4
Vocabulary lists containing gravid
Example Sentences
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Even more intriguing, the frog was clearly gravid, or pregnant with eggs.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eating gravid females.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
He later took three gravid crabs - females laden with eggs - out of a bucket and released them back into the sea.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023
It captures, more than anything before, the gravid, intoxicating atmosphere of Britain in the 1990s that nurtured the most consequential generation of British artists of the last century.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
It’s started to rain, a drizzle, and the gravid smell of earth and grass fills the air.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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