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Definition of Prolificacy
1. Noun. The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth. "Weeds lovely in their rankness"
Generic synonyms: Fecundity, Fruitfulness
Derivative terms: Fertile, Rank, Rank, Rich, Rich, Rich
Definition of Prolificacy
1. n. Prolificness.
Definition of Prolificacy
1. Noun. Great fertility. ¹
2. Noun. Producing of a large number of literary or artistic works. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prolificacy
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolificacy
Literary usage of Prolificacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"THE WANT OF prolificacy IN THE PURE BRED HOG. ... While this vast improvement
has been going on, what has been the effect upon his prolificacy? ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"13: 324. Ja. '08. Dncs it pay to have home chickens? Country Life. 14: 472. S.
'08. Sando, Roscoe Briant—Continuer/. Improving prolificacy. Country Life. ..."
3. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"prolificacy.—An essential feature of a cultivated grass is that seed for sowing
may be secured at a reasonable cost. This depends upon the number of seeds ..."
4. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"prolificacy.—An essential feature of a cultivated grass is that seed for sowing
may be secured at a reasonable cost. This depends upon the number of seeds ..."
5. California Poultry Practice: Being Plain Hints for Beginners in the Rearing by Susan Swaysgood (1914)
"The factors that affect prolificacy are: First, parentage; some may call it ...
Having reared such birds, the next step as factors in their prolificacy is ..."
6. The Methodist Review (1873)
"should then hold that there is a unity of the race, not in parentage, but in
nature—in prolificacy and in Christ. Our reason is that the Duke's theory ..."
7. Swine: Breeding, Feeding and Management by William Dietrich (1910)
"SIZE, prolificacy AND QUALITY. Three of the most important considerations from
the farmer's or economical standpoint that should be duly considered, ..."
8. Lectures on Man: His Place in Creation, and in the History of the Earth by Karl Christoph Vogt, James Hunt (1864)
"Time requisite for such modifications.—Intermixture of Races.—Differences in
prolificacy in various Mongrels.—Intermixture of White Races between themselves ..."
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