fecundation

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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having found no external appearance of fecundation, we allowed her to enter.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

In this case fecundation takes place without copulation.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

It is essentially necessary for fecundation that the spermatozoa should come into actual contact with the ovum.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Artificial spawning, fecundation, and hatching, are far more productive.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.