gravid

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Gravid botfly females apparently catch mosquitos on the wing and then lay their eggs on the mosquito’s body.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2011

His brother William, who had five years previously described the same in his Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, thereupon wrote to the Society attributing to himself this honour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

Gravid females usually do not feed so frequently or so much as other snakes, because they tend to become inactive as the ova develop.

From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.

Gravid females were found at the same locality on June 8, 1960, and June 23, 1962.

From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by Duellman, William E.

Gravid females have been found from April to August.

From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.