Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Superabundant fecundity, or multiplication of the species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
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- noun biology The tendency of organisms to produce more offspring than can possibly survive. The geometric growth of a biological population beyond the resources of the environment.
- noun biology Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr Sadler, out of his especial zeal for religion, first proving that the doctrine of superfecundity is irreconcilable with the goodness of God, and then laying down principles, and stating facts, from which the doctrine of superfecundity necessarily follows.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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If superfecundity exists, it exists, no doubt, because it is a less evil than some other evil which otherwise would exist.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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We have shown that Mr Sadler's theory, if it be true, is as much a theory of superfecundity as that of Mr Malthus.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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Deems the asserted evil of superfecundity a reflection on the Deity,
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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His law at most merely a theory of superfecundity, 623.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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The big-mouthed female spiders have a nasty habit of cannibalizing potential mates before copulation, and without sperm to fertilize their eggs, all their hard-won superfecundity could go to waste.
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With any luck they'll clear my comment in which I teach Mrs Philips all about superfecundity and infant mortality.
Planet Atheism 2009
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"In pursuing this part of my subject, I must begin by reminding the reader of the difference between those who hold the superfecundity of mankind and myself, in regard to those principles which will form the basis of the present argument.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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