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matings

matings is the plural of mating.

Meaning of mating

Noun

mating (plural matings)

  1. 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
  2. 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

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Phrases with matings

Questions about matings

What is matings the plural of?
Matings is the plural of mating.

Words near matings in the dictionary

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

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