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mating strategies

mating strategies is the plural of mating strategy.

Meaning of mating strategy

Noun

mating strategy (plural mating strategies)

  1. A technique that animals use to maximize the likelihood that they produce offspring.
    • A common mating strategy amongst females is to secure good genes for her offspring, ideally from a male that is also a reliable long-term provider. Since males like that are rare, many females have to make trade-offs.

Questions about mating strategies

What is mating strategies the plural of?
Mating strategies is the plural of mating strategy.

Words near mating strategies in the dictionary

  1. mating marks
  2. mating press
  3. mating presses
  4. mating season
  5. mating seasons
  6. mating strategies
  7. mating strategy
  8. matings
  9. Matinik
  10. matins
  11. matinée

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