 pairing |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of grouping things or people in pairs | |
| Related terms: | grouping buddy_system match-up pair | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology,sexuality) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | |
| Synonyms: | mating union sexual_union conjugation coupling | |
| Examples: | "the casual couplings of adolescents" "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" |
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| Related terms: | sexual_activity inbreeding hybridization assortative_mating servicing disassortative_mating copulate conjugate | |
| Similar spelling: |
paring parang parings Parness Parnassus parnassia paranoiac paranasal |
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