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 Roscher, Wilhelm

This is called fertilization, fecundation, impregnation or conception.

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

Morton, Lord, effect of fecundation by a quagga on an Arab mare, i. 403-404.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

After fecundation the ovum is pushed on into the uterus in from five to seven days, where it fastens to the wall and develops.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin