mating en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
Deriveds
Translations (1)
fi yhteensopiva (fitting into or onto a corresponding part)
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
mating en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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Pairing of organisms for copulation.
The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
1981, Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, page 96:
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Sexual union; copulation.
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” 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.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| matings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
mating call · mating mark · assortative mating · mating press · mating strategy · positive assortative mating · mating bite · mating season · postmating · premating
Synonyms
Translations (25)
fi parittelu (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ja 交接 (pairing of organisms for copulation) · sv parning (pairing of organisms for copulation) · tr çiftleşme (pairing of organisms for copulation) · cmn 交配 (pairing of organisms for copulation) · oc apariament (pairing of organisms for copulation) · fr monte (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ja 交尾 (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ru слу́чка (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ml ഇണചേരൽ (pairing of organisms for copulation) · de Paarung (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ja 交配 (pairing of organisms for copulation) · cmn 交尾 (pairing of organisms for copulation) · es apareamiento (pairing of organisms for copulation) · fr accouplement (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ru спа́ривание (pairing of organisms for copulation) · kk шағылыстыру (pairing of organisms for copulation) · ms pengawanan (pairing of organisms for copulation) · pl kopulacja (pairing of organisms for copulation) · he הזדווגות (pairing of organisms for copulation) · cmn 配種 /配种 (pairing of organisms for copulation) · pt cópula (pairing of organisms for copulation) · el ζευγάρωμα (pairing of organisms for copulation) · de Begattung (pairing of organisms for copulation) · oc acoblament (pairing of organisms for copulation)
mating en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of mate
form of mate