Siring

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of procreation, especially between animals.

    "As the gestation length of horses and ponies is on average 336 days with a range of 315 to 365 days (Rossdale 1967), foals resulting from late May and early June sirings would be born throughout May the following year."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sire form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"As the gestation length of horses and ponies is on average 336 days with a range of 315 to 365 days (Rossdale 1967), foals resulting from late May and early June sirings would be born throughout May the following year."

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