procreant
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The mystery of the Bay-wings’ nest twice found containing over the usual complement of eggs is cleared up, and I have now suddenly become acquainted with the procreant instinct of the Screaming Cow-bird.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
But he proved procreant and reared a goodly brood of sons and daughters—all much like himself, save one, the youngest son.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard
No jutty frieze, Buttrice, nor coigne of 'vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
In their procreant habits the uniformity is also very great.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Poetry had with them "neither buttress nor coigne of vantage to make its pendant bed and procreant cradle."
From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Alfred Rayney Waller
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