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Reproduction

The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced

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Narrower term 7

Agamogenesis 76% connected

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

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Generation 76% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

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Miscegenation 76% connected

A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

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Multiplication 76% connected

The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural…

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Propagation 76% connected

The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.

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Scanning 76% connected

of Scan

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Toy 76% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

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Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Copying 76% connected

of Copy

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Recall 76% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Recollection 76% connected

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminis…

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Reminiscence 76% connected

The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

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Sex 76% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Breed 74% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

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Breed 74% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

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Multiply 74% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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Multiply 74% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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Birth 70% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Birthing 70% connected

Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

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Parturition 70% connected

The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

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Synonym 4

Breeding 92% connected

of Breed

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Procreation 92% connected

The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

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Replica 92% connected

A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

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Replication 92% connected

An answer; a reply.

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