gravid
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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
He later took three gravid crabs - females laden with eggs - out of a bucket and released them back into the sea.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023
He saw in them gravid documents “created at the secret heart of this culture.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
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
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