fecundity

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According to estimates given by Emily G. Balch,[40] between four and six million persons of Slavic descent are now dwelling among us, and their fecundity is amazing.

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  1. noun The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility.
  2. noun Productive or creative power: fecundity of the mind.

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  • What a riot of life and death she finds there -- rot and fecundity, the air so heady and reeking. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
  • Mutant worms are small, developmentally delayed, have reduced fecundity, and store more fat than wild-type —  PLoS Biology: New Articles
  • A new study of Polish women shows that women with large breasts and tight waists have the greatest fecundity, indicated by their levels of two reproductive hormones (estradiol and progesterone). —  Planet Atheism
  • By contrast prosobranchs are k-strategists with longer lifespans, low fecundity, and delayed maturation. —  Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth
  • There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, and a hidden wholeness. —  Archives of General Psychiatry current issue
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  1. = French fécondité = Provencal fecunditat = Spanish fecundidad = Portuguese fecundidade = Italian fecondità, from Latin fecundita(t-)s, fruitfulness, fertility, from fecundus: see fecund.
 

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