procreation

Other forms: procreations

Definitions of procreation
  1. noun
    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
    synonyms: breeding, facts of life, reproduction
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    types:
    crossbreeding, interbreeding, miscegenation
    reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
    generation, multiplication, propagation
    the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
    biogenesis, biogeny
    the production of living organisms from other living organisms
    type of:
    sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
    activities associated with sexual intercourse
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