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Mating

//ˈmeɪtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective

1
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket. not-comparable

Noun

1
Pairing of organisms for copulation.
"The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types."
2
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes wordnet
3
Sexual union; copulation.
"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of mate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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