mating
adjectivenounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈmeɪtɪŋ//
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
adjective
- 1
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
noun
- 1
Pairing of organisms for copulation.
The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
- 2
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
Also a form of matepresent participle and gerund of mate
Forms
- plural
- matings
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mating · Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
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