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[grav-id] / ˈgræv ɪd /


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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

Gravid, grav′id, adj. heavy, esp. as being with child: pregnant.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

His great work, The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, exhibited in Figures, fol., was published in 1774.

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

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.

Gravid females were collected in June, July and August.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.




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