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

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

Delicate yet gravid, these ambiguities are rooted in human complexities and moral quandaries.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 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