Look up: mating

1. mating
   the pairing of individuals for reproduction.Assortative mating is a type of mating which is not random but involves individuals of specific characteristics,in contrast to panmictic mating where pairing is random Category: Statistics • cats...are relatively slow breeders and their -- are ...
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2. mating
   The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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3. Mating
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mate
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4. mating
   (from the article `chemoreception`) Most of the sexual signals that animals produce at all stages of mating are chemical. Females of many mammalian species, for example, produce ... ...a strange male. In probably all terrestrial mammals, arousal of the estral state in females is in response to odours produced by the male genital ... ...
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5. Mating
   In biology, mating is the pairing of opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for copulation. In social animals, it also includes the raising of their offspring. Copulation is the union of the sex organs of two sexually reproducing animals for insemination and subsequent internal fertilization. The...
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6. mating
   Type: Term Pronunciation: māt′ing Definitions: 1. The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction.
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7. Mating
   Breeding a sow or gilt after the onset of estrus and before ovulation, may include at least two services by different boars to ensure successful mating.
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8. Mating
   [human] Human mating is the process whereby an individual seeks out another individual with the intention of forming a long-term intimate relationship or marriage, but sometimes for casual relationship or friendship. The human desire for companionship is one of the strongest human drives. It...
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