Fecundity

/fɛkˈʌndɪti/

/fəˈkəndɪti/

[noun]

Fecundity

[NOUN]

the ability of a living organism to produce a large number of offspring or viable eggs or seeds

synonyms : fertility

antonyms : sterility

the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

synonyms : fruitfulness

the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

synonyms : fruitfulness

antonyms : fruitlessness

Examples

1. Purity is the opposite of fecundity.

2. So, on an individual level a female rabbit has high fecundity, and on a population level, that group of rabbits will also have very, very high fecundity.

3. But is this a fecundity crisis?

4. Fecundity, the rate at which they reproduce, and also variation in their actual lifespan, whether we're talking about a tree or a bacteria, or a fish, or a mammal.