procreant

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In their procreant habits the uniformity is also very great.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

During the season of incubation and brood rearing the nuthatches retire to the depth of the woods, and are quiet, secretive, and unsocial, seldom betraying their procreant secrets.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

Slow ages seemed to have their will: And, moving toward the prime, Th' Eternal Immanency still Breathed in the senseless lime, Till a dead thing felt the procreant thrill, And shuddered back to time.

From Ioläus The man that was a ghost by Mackereth, James Allan

Seed time and harvest, as old as the procreant earth and as new as the latest sunrise, are his to conjure.

From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

This wonderful procreant cradle, an elegant instance of the efforts of instinct, was found in a wheat-field, suspended in the head of a thistle.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert