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The process whereby a new organism is created by combining the genetic material of two organisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amphimixis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reproduction
Narrower terms: anisogamy, isogamy
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَكَاثُر جِنْسِيّ
(takāṯur jinsiyy)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Armenian:
սեռական բազմացում
(seṙakan bazmacʻum)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Belarusian:
палавое размнажэнне
(palavóje razmnažennje)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Bulgarian:
полово размножаване
(polovo razmnožavane)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Catalan:
reproducció sexual
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Chinese Mandarin:
有性生殖
(yǒuxìng shēngzhí)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Czech:
pohlavní rozmnožování
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Danish:
kønnet formering
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Dutch:
geslachtelijke voortplanting
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Dutch:
seksuele reproductie
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Esperanto:
seksa reproduktado
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Estonian:
suguline sigimine
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Estonian:
seksuaalne sigimine
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Fiji Hindi:
biological reproduction
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Finnish:
suvullinen lisääntyminen
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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French:
reproduction sexuée
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Georgian:
სქესობრივი გამრავლება
(skesobrivi gamravleba)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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German:
geschlechtliche Fortpflanzung
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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German:
sexuelle Fortpflanzung
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Haitian Creole:
repwodiksyon seksyèl
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Hindi:
लैंगिक जनन
(laiṅgik janan)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Hungarian:
ivaros szaporodás
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Icelandic:
kynæxlun
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Italian:
riproduzione sessuata
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Japanese:
有性生殖
(yūsei seishoku)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Korean:
유성 생식
(yuseong saengsik)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Northern Kurdish:
pirbûna zayendî
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Northern Kurdish:
zêdebûna zayendî
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Malay:
pembiakan seks
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Malayalam:
ലൈംഗികപ്രത്യുൽപ്പാദനം
(laiṅgikapratyulppādanaṁ)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Māori:
whakaputa uri tōrua
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Norwegian:
kjønnet formering
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Norwegian:
seksuell reproduksjon
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Persian:
تولید مثل جنسی
(towlid-e mesl-e jensi)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Polish:
rozmnażanie płciowe
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Portuguese:
reprodução sexuada
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Romanian:
reproducere sexuată
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Russian:
полово́е размноже́ние
(polovóje razmnožénije)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Slovak:
pohlavné rozmnožovanie
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Slovene:
spolno razmnoževanje
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Spanish:
reproducción sexual
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Swedish:
sexuell förökning
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Swedish:
sexuell fortplantning
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Swedish:
könlig förökning
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Tagalog:
sariing balisuplingan
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Tagalog:
reproduksiyong seksuwal
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Tagalog:
seksuwal na pagpaparami
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Tamil:
பாலியல் இனப்பெருக்கம்
(pāliyal iṉapperukkam)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Tatar:
җенси үрчү
(censi ürçü)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Thai:
การสืบพันธุ์แบบอาศัยเพศ
(kār s̄ụ̄bphạnṭhu̒bæbxāṣ̄ạypheṣ̄)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Turkish:
eşeyli üreme
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Ukrainian:
статеве розмноження
(stateve rozmnožennja)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Urdu:
جنسی تولید
(jinsī taulīd)
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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Vietnamese:
sinh sản hữu tính
— process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms