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

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 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.

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 female eels, i.e. specimens with ovaries greatly enlarged, have been occasionally obtained in fresh water, but there is no doubt that, normally, sexual maturity is attained only in the sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various