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reproducer

reproducer

1 4.8
A thing that makes new life or copies of things
  • noun
  • /ˌriːprəˈdjuːsər/
translation icon : reproductor
  • Nearly 45% of the nominees were identified by teachers as producers, 28% as reproducers, and 27% as both.
  • sexual reproducer

No, Rats are by far the most successful reproducers.

Examples

  • For the phallo-logocentric aufhebung, sublation is there, and it is militant, the reproducer of old schemes, anchored in the dogma of castration.

    Academic text (1994)
  • b) Those who received nominations from at least two different teachers recognizing the child as a producer of humor, a reproducer, or both.

    Academic text (1991)
  • We women are like land, for we give life; we are the reproducers.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Good reproducers, this worm.

  • Rabbits are known as prolific reproducers because they can have many offspring in a year.

  • As a species, the Pacific rat is recognized for being a prolific reproducer, quickly populating areas with their young.

  • Farmers often rely on certain plants as effective reproducers to ensure a steady supply of crops each season.

Synonyms

parent
vsreproducer
897 1.0

An organism that produces young, like a plant or animal

also includes nonliving makers that duplicate items as well as producing offspring
cloner
vsreproducer
  • Specialized
2 5.5

A person who makes exact copies of living things, objects and data

is broader also covering living reproduction not only artificial duplication
spawner
vsreproducer
  • Specialized
1 7.4

An animal, usually a fish, that releases eggs to make new animals

is broader not limited to egg release and includes copying devices
procreator
vsreproducer
1 8.2

A person who brings a new life into the world or starts something new

is more general including machines that copy objects as well as living producers
procreant
vsreproducer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person or animal that has young

is broader covering also nonliving copiers not just living offspring producers

How Prolific

reproducer
1 4.8

Surface Forms

reproducer singular
reproducers plural

Morphology

reproducer = reproduce (transparent) = re + produce + er

The suffix '-er' clearly creates an agent noun meaning a person, animal, or thing that reproduces.

Etymology

Reproducer comes from the parts re- 'again' and produce 'to make', so it literally means 'one who makes again', like a producer. That is why a reproducer can be an animal that has offspring or a machine that makes copies of something.