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prolificacy|prəʊˈlɪfɪkəsɪ|
[irreg. f. med.L. prōlific-us (see prec.) + -acy. The regular derivative is prolificity.]
The quality or state of being prolific; fertility, productiveness, fruitfulness.
1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 754 From the natural prolificacy of the negro race. 1802Eng. Encycl. VIII. 451/2 Potatoes do not degenerate in point of prolificacy. 1834H. O'Brien Round Towers Irel. 399 Consider..the prolificacy of its soil. 1884Sat. Rev. 1 Nov. 576/1 Defoe, with all his versatility and all his prolificacy, wrote but one Robinson Crusoe. 1926V. A. Rice Breeding & Improvement of Farm Animals v. 61 ‘Prolificacy’ implies especially frequent or numerous production. 1962G. MacEwan Blazing Old Cattle Trail i. 3 A strong point about the longhorns was their prolificacy. 1971Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 24/2 Mr. Doane's recipe for increasing prolificacy of a flock included selection of rams with sex drive and fertility. |