gravid
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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
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Gravid botfly females apparently catch mosquitos on the wing and then lay their eggs on the mosquito’s body.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2011
Gravid female eels, i.e. specimens with ovaries greatly enlarged, have been occasionally obtained in fresh water, but there is no doubt that, normally, sexual maturity is attained only in the sea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Gravid, grav′id, adj. heavy, esp. as being with child: pregnant.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Gravid females have been found from April to August.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
His great work, The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, exhibited in Figures, fol., was published in 1774.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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