mating
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
- Specialized
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apareamiento
- Now you also have variations in mating strategies even within a species.
- mating behavior
- mating system
- mating partners
If my goal is mating, this is pointless.
- If my goal is mating, this is pointless.
- And she makes her nest after the mating flight in the summer.
- Eating so food calls, reproduction, sex calls, mating calls, and danger calls.
- There's so much more like mating ritual that has to go on.
- Because they created a language that went beyond danger calls, mating calls and food calls.
- Women are more attracted to those guys in short term mating than long term mating.
- So I think challenges in the mating market are coming from many directions.
- And that's sad because undergrads really want to understand mating and sex and romance.
- Now here is how you reduce your chances in the mating market if you're a woman.
- They're calling it mating, long term mating or short term mating.
- My, my, my take on how we got to the mating crisis.
- He also hasn't told Grace that the Jackson mating bond is gone.
Examples
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It's their mating season, and they can get rather hostile.
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And maybe we'll start with long term mating and then shift to short term mating.
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Because they created a language that went beyond danger calls, mating calls and food calls.
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And she makes her nest after the mating flight in the summer.
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Here today we tackle the most bizarre mating rituals in nature known to man.
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Sexual interactions and mating preferences can also be influenced by the environment.
Academic text (2017) -
Dr. Julie Matthews has a grant to study the mating rituals of various African animals.
Fiction book (1999) -
Song lyrics are a fantastic way to demonstrate some of these evolutionarily based mating preferences.
Academic text (2013) -
It's vertacine mating season.
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During the spring, many birds engage in mating rituals to attract their partners.
Synonyms
90
3.1
The process of producing new animals or plants by choosing which ones mate
12
9.5
A male animal that mates with a female to produce young
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8.5
A male animal mating with a female for breeding
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5.8
Pairing of a male and female to have young
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3.5
Bringing a male and a female together so they can have young
1
4.9
A male and female have sex to make babies
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.9
People and animals choose mates who are similar in traits like education or color
- Specialized
A pattern where individuals choose partners who are different in important traits
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mating comes from the word mate, which means 'companion' or 'partner', so a helpful way to remember it is 'making partners'. That is why mating means pairing a male and female to have babies.