gravid
[grav-id]
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Origin of gravid
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To my thinking, at any rate, they make a gravid mistake who look for "realism" in these things.
HolbeinBeatrice Fortescue
Most of the females were gravid and the males were in breeding condition.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, KansasArtie L. Metcalf
The woman was gravid at the time, and the soldier-like joke made her blush.
Comrade KropotkinVictor Robinson
This may be done either by collecting the ova deposited by the fish in the spawning beds or from the gravid females.
Amateur Fish CultureCharles Edward Walker
The holotype, a gravid female, is the largest known specimen (31 mm., snout-vent length).
gravid
- the technical word for pregnant
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy
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Word Origin and History for gravid
adj.
"pregnant," 1590s, from Latin gravidus "loaded; pregnant," from gravis "burdened, heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Gravidation "pregnancy" is attested from mid-15c.
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gravid
(grăv′ĭd)- Carrying eggs or developing young.
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