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Another word for reproductive

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Adjective

  1. Of or relating to reproduction

    See also:

    reproduction

  2. Employed in reproduction

    See also:

    reproduction

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Another word for reproductive

Modifier
  1. See also:

    sexual

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Sentence Examples

  • The reproductive organs do not begin to appear until the larva has twice cast its skin.

  • The reproductive individuals have undergone an extraordinary simplification of the organs concerned with the collection and digestion of food.

  • In a differentiated body the stem (caulome) is an axis capable of bearing leaves and (directly or indirectly) the proper reproductive organs.

  • In subsequent generations produced by self-fertilization of the hybrids it was found that the positive character was not present in all the individuals, but that a result was obtained showing that in the formation of the reproductive cells (ova and sperms) of the hybrid, half were endowed with the positive character and half with the negative.

  • The reproductive organs are usually repeated in each proglottis, and in some families two complete sets of such organs occur in each segment; in a few cases, parts only of the system are duplicated.

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