fecundate
verb (used with object)
to make prolific or fruitful.
fecundation
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a word derived from
fecundate.
Example Sentences
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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.
From Time Magazine Archive
It should be remembered, that bees do not form the sole republic among insects presenting a similar phenomenon; female ants are also obliged to leave the ant-hills previous to fecundation.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
To discover whether captivity, and not retarded fecundation, vitiated the ovaries, it was necessary to allow a female to receive the approaches of a male, and also to keep her imprisoned.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
Germs are visible in the ovum before fecundation; in these germs the very primordia of future organization can be distinguished.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
It is a singular fact, that the females, whose fecundation has been retarded, sometimes lay the eggs of males in royal cells.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
