breeding
90
3.1
- noun
- /ˈbridɪŋ/
- Specialized
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cría
- Many farmers focus on selective breeding to improve the quality of their livestock.
- selective breeding
- breeding season
- breeding program
They're they're having to do with captive breeding.
- They're they're having to do with captive breeding.
- It seems insane to me how obsessed he is with breeding.
- And I would love to see an elephant fight Shamu or or a captive breeding program.
- Also edit out What do you know about breeding Guinea pigs?
- We are now the most numerous species on Earth and coming up behind us are the animals that we have created through breeding to feed and serve us.
- So so the problem with a lot of Chinese panda conservation is that it revolves around captive breeding.
- When days are short, there's a lot less dopamine and a lot less breeding behavior because these pathways are very highly conserved.
- And I mean it's different kind of breeding like different kind.
- The biggest breeding come from the prison, from institution.
- So we could say that perhaps think about breeding, for example.
Examples
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Scientists in British Columbia have documented escaped Atlantic salmon breeding and establishing new populations.
Academic text (1999) -
I bought this mare for breeding.
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And this is also why in the winter months when days are shorter, animals are breeding less.
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I reached in my pocket, took out the breeding certificate, and held it to him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Blue fox has gradually become the main fur variety in China, and its breeding has developed rapidly.
Academic text (2015) -
And as it turns out, this particular monastery is world famous for breeding and training German shepherds.
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Local authorities should prosecute every time they find it bad practice in licensed breeding premises.
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Molecular markers contributed greatly to animal breeding along with traditional breeding methods.
Academic text (2015) -
The rats had been imported from a breeding facility in the Czech Republic by a local pet dealer.
Academic text (2013) -
In the meantime, she says, the leaf piles provide a breeding ground for pathogens and weed seeds.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
39
3.9
A way living things make babies or young
26
5.6
The process when people or animals have babies
4
6.6
Plants or animals producing young so their number grows
1
8.1
The process of animals or plants making young
Antonyms
Compounds
6
3.6
A place where things start and grow, often causing trouble like crime or fake news
6
3.4
A place where animals go to mate and raise young or where problems start and grow
How Controlled
- Specialized
8
4.2
- Specialized
90
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breeding comes from the old English verb breed, which meant 'to produce' or 'to bring forth'. So breeding is the act of producing young animals or plants, often by choosing which parents to mate to get certain qualities.