caducity

Example sentences from the Web for caducity

• Magpies, crows, and jays, evince symptoms of caducity at the same age.

  A World of Wonders |Various

• Pensive musings upon the caducity of the human race are, generally, rather feminine than masculine.

  Red as a Rose is She |Rhoda Broughton

• The "caducity" and "persistency" of floral envelopes furnish some valuable characteristics for the distinction of species.

  Everyday Objects |W. H. Davenport Adams

• Let us deduct even from old age the years of infancy, the years of caducity, and the years of sleep,—alas!

  Curiosities of Medical Experience |J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen