Definitions
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- adjective not having been fertilized
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Examples
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Thereupon both the sharks began to manifest great uneasiness, and eventually with fluster and splashing they worked among the fissures of the coral and shot out into the unimpregnated sea.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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And such birds are of a lascivious and fertile nature, so that the impulse they need is but small when they are in this excited condition, and the secreting activity takes place quickly in them, wind-eggs forming in the unimpregnated and the eggs in those which have been impregnated growing and reaching perfection swiftly.
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We will not complicate the application of the method by describing other details of the development, but would merely suggest that when a lot of ova are fertilized a small portion should be left unimpregnated.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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It hangs, neck downwards, and is, in its unimpregnated condition, about two and a half inches in diameter at its upper, or widest part, tapering to a thin neck at its lower end.
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The natural size of the unimpregnated womb is three by one and three-quarter inches, and its weight is one to two ounces.
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In texture the prostate is similar to an unimpregnated uterus.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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In the unimpregnated uterus the lymphatic vessels are very small, but during gestation they are greatly enlarged.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 6. The Lymphatics of the Abdomen and Pelvis 1918
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They are of small size in the unimpregnated uterus, but shortly after impregnation become enlarged and elongated, presenting a contorted or waved appearance (see page 60).
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Parthenogenesis—The production of living organisms from unimpregnated eggs or seeds.
Glossary of the Principal Scientific Terms Used in the Present Volume 1909
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A longing for an atmosphere unimpregnated with petrol eventually sends me stumbling up the companion-way to the deck.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 Various 1898
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