mate
Example Sentences
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She adds that albatrosses' mating habits also make them more prone to extinction.
From BBC
This coincides with when it starts looking for a mate which is the reason why most other birds start singing again.
From BBC
Other songs are more about things around me - like a mate in a long distance relationship.
From BBC
“Even though there’s an alpha male, the more subordinate males within the troop will mate with the females and do what’s called sneak breeding,” said Candace Sclimenti, curator of mammals at the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times
Because female screwworms mate only once, the strategy caused the population to collapse.
From Science Daily
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