Breedy

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Apt or ready to breed, produce; breeding readily; prolific

    "All three girls now had gathered about the table to gauge his progress. Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat."

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"All three girls now had gathered about the table to gauge his progress. Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat."

Etymology

From breed + -y. In some senses, perhaps a clipping of breeding.

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