fecundity
noun
the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
superfecundity
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a word derived from
fecundity.
Example Sentences
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The big-mouthed female spiders have a nasty habit of cannibalizing potential mates before copulation, and without sperm to fertilize their eggs, all their hard-won superfecundity could go to waste.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2010
We have shown that Mr Sadler's theory, if it be true, is as much a theory of superfecundity as that of Mr Malthus.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
If superfecundity exists, it exists, no doubt, because it is a less evil than some other evil which otherwise would exist.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
