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Mating

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈmeɪtɪŋ

Definitions

  1. Pairing of organisms for copulation.
  2. Sexual union; copulation.

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Examples

The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.”
Earless ghost swift moths becomeinvisible” 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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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