gravid

Example Sentences

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Even more intriguing, the frog was clearly gravid, or pregnant with eggs.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eating gravid females.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

When Ung Bun and other participants catch gravid crabs they either release them back into waters where they are unlikely to be caught or bring them home to raise until they give birth.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

And I was gravid with fear: unemployed and too embarrassed to admit to Terese that I worried I’d never be gainfully employed, able to pay the rent or purchase diapers.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

It’s started to rain, a drizzle, and the gravid smell of earth and grass fills the air.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood