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Synonyms for gravid

Grammar : Adj
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræv ɪd

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Définition of gravid

Origin :
  • "pregnant," 1590s, from Latin gravidus "loaded; pregnant," from gravis "burdened, heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Gravidation "pregnancy" is attested from mid-15c.
  • adj pregnant
Example sentences :
  • To my thinking, at any rate, they make a gravid mistake who look for "realism" in these things.
  • Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
  • Most of the females were gravid and the males were in breeding condition.
  • Extract from : « Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas » by Artie L. Metcalf
  • The woman was gravid at the time, and the soldier-like joke made her blush.
  • Extract from : « Comrade Kropotkin » by Victor Robinson
  • This may be done either by collecting the ova deposited by the fish in the spawning beds or from the gravid females.
  • Extract from : « Amateur Fish Culture » by Charles Edward Walker
  • The holotype, a gravid female, is the largest known specimen (31 mm., snout-vent length).
  • Extract from : « Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige » by John D. Lynch
  • In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires.
  • Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley
  • This may result from compression by gravid womb, and is best corrected by a graduated allowance of boiled flaxseed.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • It may also occur from overloaded stomach, from a profuse bleeding, and even from the pressure of the gravid womb in gestation.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • Its shape was that of a gravid goldfish, with a smaller sphere hanging beneath it.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster
  • Gravid females in June traveled the next longest average distance per day (363 feet).
  • Extract from : « Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz » by John M. Legler
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