fecundation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

We have had evidence of this in those produced by queens whose fecundation has been retarded.

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

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)

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

Artificial spawning, fecundation, and hatching, are far more productive.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.