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The ability to have children, usually lots of them with ease. Etymology:"Fecundity" comes from the Latin "fecundus" meaning fruitful. "Fecundity" emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing offspring (or fruit).
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Ability to produce offspring frequently and in large numbers. In demography, the physiological ability to reproduce. Ability to produce offspring within a given period of time. [8] feromone ectohormon [..]
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The physiological capacity of a woman to produce a child.
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early 15c., from Latin fecunditatem (nominative fecunditas) "fruitfulness, fertility," from fecundus "fruitful, fertile" (see fecund).
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Technically, the physical ability of a woman or couple to have a child. Often used as a synonym for ”fertility.”
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Fruitful/productive in offspring or vegetation
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the number of eggs or offspring produced by an animal. Read more on: Fecundity
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The quantity of gametes (usually eggs) produced by an individual. © 2005 by Sinauer Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. Futuyma, D. Evolution.
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The number of children which is biologically possible for a woman to produce.
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1.Biology. A measure of the number of offspring produced by an individual organism over a given time. 2. Demography. The general capacity of a human population to have offspring. A below-average capac [..]
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Productive or creative power. A common example is to say that someone has fecundity of the mind - meaning, the person has the capacity for creativity and generating novel ideas.
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  The ability to breed.
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The number of eggs that a female of a species can produce during her lifetime; contrast with fertility.
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efficiency of an individual in production of young. Animals that bring forth young frequently, regularly, and, in case of those that bear more than one offspring at a birth, in large numbers, are said to be fecund.
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(n) the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination(n) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring(n) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
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Being fertile.
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The rate of offspring production which generally increases with fish/shellfish as they mature and increase in size.
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The number of offspring produced per unit of time per individual of any given age. Also referred to as birth rate, maternity rate, or fertility.
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The number of eggs produced per female per unit time (often: per spawning season)
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The number of eggs produced by a female salmon. This term is usually indicates the average number of eggs produced by females within a population or stock.
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Fecundity refers to the capacity of an individual or population to reproduce.
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Whereas fertility is a measurement of the actual number of offspring produced, fecundity is the level or rate of egg or offspring production. Fecundity may change with the size and age of a species. (Waller)
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the number of young produced per female per unit of time.
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The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female.
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the potential number of gametes (reproductive units) produced
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Number of offspring a female can or does give birth to over her lifetime.
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The capacity to produce offspring; the rate of offspring production.
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productiveness, usually characterized by enumerating the number of offspring one average female can produce
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The reproductive capacity of an individual, measured by the number of offspring it produces.
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The rate at which an individual produces offspring, usually expressed only for females. For example, the number of eggs produced per female striped bass during a spawning season.
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Fecundity is defined as the ability to reproduce, whereas fertility is actual reproduction. Because differences in both unobserved fecundity and contraceptive ...
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 the potential reproductive capacity of an organism or population, measured by the number of gametes (eggs)
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The capability of a female to produce young in abundance.
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Fecundity is the biological capacity of a woman, a man or a couple to produce a live birth. Beyond individual variations, fecundity in women reaches its maximum at around age 20, starts decreasing slo [..]
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The quantity of gametes (usually eggs) produced by an individual.
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Ability to produce offspring. * '''2006''', , “Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett” in: ''Good Omens'', Corgi, p. 410 *: In the early days the reviewers compared him to the late Douglas Adams, but then [..]
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