unfertilized
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The procedure begins with the harvesting of unfertilized eggs from a woman’s ovaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Its biggest lesson now is on the process of parthenogenesis: a type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilized eggs, meaning there is no genetic contribution by a male.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
While in utero, the embryonic sharks might feed on unfertilized eggs for protein.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The team collected a sample for dissection to see whether these eggs were empty cradles, like unfertilized chicken eggs at the grocery store.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
A tilled, fertilized, watered, weeded garden provides growing conditions very different from those on a dry, unfertilized hillside.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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