It stirred … but not by itself, for fecundity is not enough. From Wordnik.com. [John M. Ford: gone | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"] Reference
Bad that such a situation has come to pass as IG so well highlights, this woman has so many children by so many fathers, and that her fecundity is funded by us. From Wordnik.com. [Shannon Matthews « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
A graph representing Milne Edward's sifaka fecundity over time (from 1986 to 2004). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Another of the 3 criteria for successful memetic spread cited by Dawkins is "fecundity". From Wordnik.com. [Dan Zarrella] Reference
The dieting organisms had lower reproductive rates (technically, they had lower 'fecundity'). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
"Size is a fundamental characteristic that is linked to a number of biological functions, such as fecundity-the capacity to reproduce.". From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
But history has celebrated mint for its great fecundity. From Wordnik.com. [Oregano, basil and other members of the mint family dominate the herb garden] Reference
Its fecundity dropped to 29 in the period from 1700 to 1750. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Seine and that of the Loire competed for hegemony in fecundity. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Both baited the man for the fecundity of prosperity and progeny. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
"Candide"; in short, his fecundity in this field of literature is very great. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Is it there as the emblem of fecundity, as the pomegranate of Persia and Syria?. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850] Reference
Devote the fecundity of your mind to the public weal; adorn the citizens 'lives with. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
It is that which is good for the fecundity of an artist's oeuvre, not nature and beauty. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
In this very trait resides the sublime beauty of that state, its grandeur and its fecundity. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Well, there's a war on right now; a war against hunger, a war against the forces of fecundity. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
Shall we hasten such a conflict by continuing to preach the sacredness of fecundity and of war?. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Conspiracy] Reference
Add to these facts the marvelous fecundity of the insect tribe, and the increase is less remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
The Rishi, after reflection, understood that of all creatures birds alone were blest with fecundity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
PALMER AND KEMPSTER: The relation of plant carotinoids to growth, fecundity and reproduction of fowls. From Wordnik.com. [The Vitamine Manual] Reference
Mr. Seward has always possessed that varied fecundity of expression for which Mr. Webster was admired. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
But too many resplendent pigments, fruits of the fecundity of modern chemistry, have been found deficient. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Cimbrian, Iberian, Ligurian and Belgic elements of the population were examined as to their fecundity in talent. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Odin confesses to being unable to discover "the least connection between races and fecundity in men of letters.". From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Doré, whose fecundity in their art was equal, and I ventured to assert the great artistic superiority of Gilbert. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The spring of the year, being more favorable to fecundity, exerts an influence over the increase of population. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The wearing of orange blossoms is said to have started with the Saracens, who regarded them as emblems of fecundity. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Think, I beg of you, of all the sophisticated young consumers who would be blessed with the fecundity of your cleverness. From Wordnik.com. [My Most Humble Request] Reference
The first were the benevolent spirits that gave fecundity to plants and animals, serenity to nature, and knowledge to men. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Italian fecundity is apparent everywhere, and the farther up the steep slope of the Hill you go the more children you see. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
Upon the spot where they met, nothing would ever grow afterwards, as their hot feet burnt all the fecundity out of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
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