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[negri]

where does the word gravid come from ?

why dont we just use the word pregnant .
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Definitions of pregnant on the Web:

carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
meaning(a): rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "pregnant with meaning"
fraught(p): filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations (for example, in the case of twins, or triplets). Human pregnancy is the most studied of all mammalian pregnancies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnant

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efinitions of gravid on the Web:

Pregnant with eggs or young.
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/8071/reptile/terms.html

A pregnant female livebearer or female who is ready to lay eggs.
www.aquariacentral.com/articles/glossary.shtml

(grav - id) Pregnant or carrying eggs or embryos. When female horseshoe crabs are gravid, eggs fill the space between the walls of the carapace.
www.horseshoecrab.org/misc/glossary.html

The condition in which a female fish is full of eggs and ready to Spawn.
www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_glossary.php

Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant
www4.ncsu.edu/~dbeggles/education/synergy/gloss.html

An insect containing fertilized eggs.
www.knowledgebank.irri.org/glossary/Glossary/G.htm

To be heavy with young or eggs; pregnant. Female caiques swell considerably when they are about to lay an egg, at which time they are said to be gravid. Even females without mates will lay and incubate eggs. They will be very protective of them. ...
home.rochester.rr.com/thecaiques/glossary.htm

Gravid means your reptile or amphibian is carrying young or eggs. Basically put your reptile or amphibian is pregnant.
www.repticzone.com/articles/reptile_terms_and_definitions.html

big(p): in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

In medicine, gravidity is a technical term that refers to the number of times a woman has been pregnant. A gravida is a pregnant woman. A woman who has never been pregnant is referred to as a nulligravida or gravida 0. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravid
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It appears as though pregnant...by the definitions for gravid above...would still be applicable to gravid lizards.

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