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pairbonding

pairbonding noun: the formation of a pair bond.

Noun

pairbonding (countable and uncountable, plural pairbondings)

  1. The formation of a pair bond.
    • Here, interestingly enough, the mediation of the opposites is seen in the male pair bonding of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 187

Forms of pairbonding

pluralpairbondings
alternative formpair bonding

Questions about pairbonding

What does pairbonding mean?
Pairbonding means the formation of a pair bond.
What part of speech is pairbonding?
Pairbonding is a noun.
What is the plural of pairbonding?
The plural of pairbonding is pairbondings.

Words near pairbonding in the dictionary

  1. pairable
  2. pairables
  3. Pairan
  4. pairbond
  5. pairbonded
  6. pairbonding
  7. pairbondings
  8. pairbonds
  9. pairbreaking
  10. paire
  11. paired

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