Definition of Matings

1. Noun. (plural of mating), gerund of (term mate). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Matings

1. mating [n] - See also: mating

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matings

matildite
matilija poppy
matily
matin
matinal
matinee
matinee idol
matinees
matiness
matinesses
mating
mating isolate
mating season
mating seasons
mating type gene
matings (current term)
matins
matinée idol
matinée idols
matjes
matjes herring
matl
matless
matlike
matlo
matlockite
matlos
matlow
matlows
matman

Literary usage of Matings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"The writer found while tabulating the matings for color in the Saddle Horse Register that some foals were reported not chestnut from chestnut matings. ..."

2. The Feebly Inhibited: Nomadism, Or the Wandering Impulse, with Special by Charles Benedict Davenport (1915)
"Of the 29 classes of matings recorded in table C, some contain many more entries ... Why this inequality in the frequency of matings in the several classes? ..."

3. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"The particular reasons for special mating will appear in the discussions of matings of such varieties as the Barred Plymouth Rock and the Brown Leghorn. ..."

4. Genetic Studies on a Cavy Species Cross by John Adolph Detlefsen (1914)
"Among the guinea-pig males used in these matings were 3 brown- pigmented ... Tables 16 to 20 give all such matings from the \ wild up through the ..."

5. Feeble-mindedness: Its Causes and Consequences by Henry Herbert ( Goddard (1920)
"Taking up the other types of matings our method has been to assume the law, ... The reader will find the matings that we have considered, indicated by Roman ..."

6. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"MISCELLANEOUS matings OF THE DESCENDANTS OF <? 1002. matings of the descendants of d* 1002 beyond the F2 generation were made chiefly with a view to test ..."

7. Heredity of Coat Characters in Guinea-pigs and Rabbits by William Ernest Castle (1905)
"Five out of nineteen such matings failed to produce any albinos whatever, ... If the pigmented parents in these matings had really been hybrids, ..."

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