gravid

adjpregnant

Synonyms for gravid

adj pregnant

family way

noun. being pregnant

Word Origin & History

"pregnant," 1590s, from Latin gravidus "loaded; pregnant," from gravis "burdened, heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Gravidation "pregnancy" is attested from mid-15c.

Example Sentences for gravid

To my thinking, at any rate, they make a gravid mistake who look for "realism" in these things.

Most of the females were gravid and the males were in breeding condition.

The woman was gravid at the time, and the soldier-like joke made her blush.

This may be done either by collecting the ova deposited by the fish in the spawning beds or from the gravid females.

The holotype, a gravid female, is the largest known specimen (31 mm., snout-vent length).

In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires.

This may result from compression by gravid womb, and is best corrected by a graduated allowance of boiled flaxseed.

It may also occur from overloaded stomach, from a profuse bleeding, and even from the pressure of the gravid womb in gestation.

Its shape was that of a gravid goldfish, with a smaller sphere hanging beneath it.

Gravid females in June traveled the next longest average distance per day (363 feet).

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fertile

heavier

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heavy

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