Fecundation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization. countable, uncountable
"The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology. In putting forth this argument they overlook one important and significant factor: the existence of a matriarchate preceding the domination of woman by man. That such a condition was perfectly natural will be realized when it is remembered there was no recognition of the part played by the male in fecundation."
- 2 making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure wordnet
- 3 creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant wordnet
Example
More examples"Even though it has a masculine and feminine reproductive system, the earthworm requires another individual to bring forth fecundation."
Etymology
From fecund + -ation.
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