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fe⋅cun⋅di⋅ty

  [fi-kuhn-di-tee]
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–noun
1. the quality of being fecund; capacity, esp. in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
2. fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
3. the capacity of abundant production: fecundity of imagination.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L fēcunditās fruitfulness, fertility. See fecund, -ity
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fe·cun·di·ty   (fĭ-kŭn'dĭ-tē)   
n.  

  1. The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility.

  2. Productive or creative power: fecundity of the mind.

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fecundity fe·cun·di·ty (fĭ-kŭn'dĭ-tē)
n.
The capacity for producing offspring, especially in abundance.

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