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单词 subfertile
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subfertileadj.

Brit. /ˌsʌbˈfəːtʌɪl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈfərdl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, fertile adj.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + fertile adj. Compare post-classical Latin subfertilis (1801 or earlier).
Less than normally fertile; partially fertile; producing fewer offspring than is normal or average (for a population, species, etc.).
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yelda1100
barrenc1200
geldc1225
untudderya1325
unfruitinga1400
infecundc1420
unfruitfula1425
fruitlessa1513
infertile1598
abortive1601
sterile1612
effete1621
deaf1633
improlifical1646
subventaneous1652
improlifica1661
unprolific1672
unfructifying1827
subfertile1846
agenesic1864
eggless1904
shy1905
radiosterilized1960
1846 London Jrnl. Bot. 5 22 The Sandy Desert Region..is without any limits, but is partly intersected by spurs of the Rocky Mountains, by saline barren lands, or, the least part of it, by subfertile gravelly plains or ridges.
1873 B. S. Williams Select Ferns & Lycopods 59 (note) A[diantum] farleyense itself, whose fertile fronds are never fringe-lobed like the barren ones, is but a subfertile subcristate form of A. tenerum.
1912 Internat. Clinics 1 221 Half [of families] have less, half have more than 3.3 children. He calls the former subfertile and the latter superfertile.
1971 Observer 31 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 10/1 Like many men her husband seemed to be subfertile but was by no means infertile.
2001 Times 30 Aug. 7/1 The team has shown that women usually become sub-fertile about 20 years before the menopause, and infertile ten years before it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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