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mating



NOUN
coupling
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Researchers observed that T. sesama appears to spend its life focused on just four main activities: feeding, searching, mating, and laying eggs.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

His doctoral thesis involved years watching the aggressive mating dance of the 10-spined stickleback.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

"We have tentatively suggested that the long palps might allow the male to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Flowers are things of beauty to humans, but don’t forget they are food, breeding and mating sources for smaller creatures.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The Owsla had privileges in regard to feeding, mating and freedom of movement.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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