gravid
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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
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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 females usually do not feed so frequently or so much as other snakes, because they tend to become inactive as the ova develop.
From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.
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.
Gravid females were collected in June, July and August.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
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
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