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mating::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conjugation, coupling, pairing, sexual union, union |
| Type of | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice |
| Has types | disassortative mating, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, assortative mating, interbreeding, service, servicing, inbreeding, cross, crossbreeding, crossing |
| Derivation | mate |
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring.
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These drives have played a key role in the evolution of human mating psychology.
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You should watch for mating snakes, because they probably won't sense you first.
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This seemingly small structural variation makes a big difference at mating time.
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During the mating season, males also develop conspicuous plumage on their necks.
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There are two types of mating in this species, surface mating and burrow mating.
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A mating pair of the Japanese common plataspid stinkbug Megacopta punctatissima.
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It also inhibits her from mating with other males for around a week to ten days.
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They're the ones down at the bottom of the ocean mating and making lots of eggs.
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Different combinations of the three are used by males during the mating process.
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- Coupling: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
- Mated sexually
- (mated) used of gloves, socks, etc.
- (mated) of or relating to a marriage partner
- In biology, mating is the pairing of opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for copulation and in social animals it also includes the raising of their offspring. For animals, mating methods include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool.
- Human mating is the process whereby an individual seeks out another individual with the intention of forming a long-term intimate relationship or marriage, but sometimes for casual relationship or friendship. The human desire for companionship is one of the strongest human drives. ...
- Mating is a novel by American author Norman Rush. It is a first-person narrative of an unnamed American anthropology graduate student in Botswana around 1980. ...
- (mated) fitted together or interlocked
- Breeding a sow or gilt after the onset of estrus and before ovulation, may include at least two services by different boars to ensure successful mating.
