dictionary definitions for "gravid"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  gravid
      adj : in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
            "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, enceinte,
            expectant, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
            child(p)}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gravid \Grav"id\, a. [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See
     Grave, a.]
     Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a
     gravid uterus; gravid piety; -- of animals as well as people.
     " His gravid associate." --Sir T. Herbert.
     [1913 Webster]


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