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Definition of Mating
1. Noun. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. "The mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: Assortative Mating, Disassortative Mating, Cross, Crossbreeding, Crossing, Hybridisation, Hybridization, Hybridizing, Interbreeding, Inbreeding, Service, Servicing
Derivative terms: Conjugate, Couple, Mate, Pair
Definition of Mating
1. Adjective. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) pairing of organisms for copulation. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of mate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mating
1. the period during which a seasonal-breeding animal can mate [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mating
1. The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mating
Literary usage of Mating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"149-151) I stated my belief that the mating songs of birds were more ancient in
origin than ... But are these flight songs mating songs? A true mating song, ..."
2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"mating habits of other Arthropoda 240 4. Conclusions 245 5. Bibliography 246 i.
INTRODUCTION. In the course of a study of the general activity of the ..."
3. An Investigation of Evolution in Chrysomelid Beetles of the Genus Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower (1906)
"It appears, further, that as far as can be determined there is no selective
influence exerted upon mating by the variations which probably exist in the ..."
4. The Grammar of Science by Karl Pearson (1900)
"Under this head I include the mating of unlike forms in the same race, especially
developed for mutual fertilisation. As opposed to all these forms of ..."
5. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"mating systems. Whenever Standard specimens of both sexes can be produced regularly
from a mating of a Standard male and a Standard female, the practice is ..."
6. Primitive Society by Robert Harry Lowie (1920)
"Among the Kariera of Western Australia the acquisition of a bride is complicated
by certain rules of preferential mating. That is, a man is not only ..."
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