mating
Example Sentences
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Even after the split, movement and mating continued between these early groups.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 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
Males die within months after mating while female giant Pacific octopuses lay tens of thousands of eggs and then enter senescence, caring and protecting the eggs until death.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
I don’t think mating and infatuation and friendships and closeness would occur if our faces didn’t work that way.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
