breeding
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The horse has been used as a breeding stallion, with what its admirers say are predictably strong results.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The US and Canada have a two-way cattle trade, with livestock moving across the border for slaughter, breeding and for dairy and wool purposes.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
"We're seeing illegal breeding and trading of exotic cockroaches and we're putting pet businesses and pet owners on notice."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
As a result, they predicted that females might reproduce with multiple males across different breeding seasons.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
While one’s first association to African antelope is “vast dense herds spreading across the horizon,” in fact the males of those herds space themselves into territories and fight fiercely with each other when breeding.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing breeding
Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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