fecundation
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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is hardly possible to ascertain how many of these ova are capable of fecundation.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
It is a singular fact, that the females, whose fecundation has been retarded, sometimes lay the eggs of males in royal cells.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
If M. Œrsted’s opinion is confirmed, naturally the whole of the cap will be the product of fecundation.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
This attraction is daily seen in the fecundation of the spawn of fish.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
