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Recent Examples of gravid About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities. Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 Jay enlisted artist Lukas Geronimas to DJ after dinner, smoothing out what usually ends up as an ad hoc dance party with tipsy guests fighting over the aux cord while those too gravid with barbeque to dance sip ginger ale and watch. Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022 Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar opened in early August, the week of the Sturgeon Moon, which is when the Algonquins believed the Great Lakes teemed with gravid fish. Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 27 Sep. 2017 Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring. Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
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Adjective
  • The case is interrupted as Lorraine is heavily pregnant with Judy and is induced into giving birth after a terrifying vision.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The condition develops before birth if a pregnant cat is exposed to the feline panleukopenia virus, leaving the kitten's cerebellum underdeveloped.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sanders said, referring to an expectant audience.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Franciscan Dyer to host free baby expo Franciscan Health Dyer is hosting a free baby expo for expectant families and new parents, a release said.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Gravid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravid. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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