Mating
//ˈmeɪtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
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
Adjective
- 1 Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket. not-comparable
Example
More examples""Two dragonflies are mating on your head." "I didn't feel them landing. Are they still on my hair?" "No, they just took flight again." "Oh, now I see them. How beautiful they are!""
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