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fec·und /ˈfekənd, ˈfiːkənd/ adjective formal HBLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTable to produce many children, young animals, or crops 生殖力旺盛的;多产的 SYN fertile —fecundity /fɪˈkʌndəti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusfecund• Indeed, many of the women were unusually fecund.• fecund agricultural land• One of these was the forceful Bantam, pre-eminent among the fecund Marshend females.• And its business, of course, at this fecund point of the year, was that of survival - survival and reproduction.• The ultimate evolutionary victory, on the theistic hypothesis, does not go to the most ruthless exterminators and most fecund replicators.• You can smell the fecund rot of the jungle in every headline.• The result was that Dahomean kings were very fecund, while ordinary Dahomean men were often celibate and barren.• Certain questions were asked only of currently married fecund women.Origin fecund (1300-1400) French fécond, from Latin fecundusfec·und adjectiveChineseSyllable children, many produce Corpus animals, young to able |