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

In this case artificial fecundation by the syringe is practicable.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

The experiments of Jacobi seem to confirm this opinion, since he was able to produce preternatural fecundation in the eggs of fishes.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

This is called fertilization, fecundation, impregnation or conception.

From The Sex Side of Life An Explanation for Young People by Dennett, Mary

I chose this opportunity for supplying them with a queen, whose fecundation had been retarded to the twenty-eighth day, and which laid none but the eggs of males.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François