reproductive

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Adjective edit

reproductive (comparative more reproductive, superlative most reproductive)

Of or relating to reproduction.
That reproduces.
- 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
  In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, […]. Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.

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of or relating to reproduction

Asturian: reproductor, reproductivu
Belarusian: рэпрадукты́ўны (repraduktýŭny), рэпрадукцы́йны (repradukcýjny)
Bulgarian: размножителен (razmnožitelen)
Catalan: reproductiu m, reproductor
Esperanto: reprodukta
Finnish: lisääntymis-
French: reproductif (fr), reproducteur (fr)
Galician: reprodutivo, reprodutor (gl)
German: reproduktiv (de), Fortpflanzungs- (de)
Irish: sliochtmhar, atáirgeach
Italian: riproduttivo (it)
Malay: pembiakan (ms), reproduksi, reproduktif
Polish: reprodukcyjny (pl)
Portuguese: reprodutivo (pt), reprodutor (pt)
Romanian: reproductiv (ro) m, reproducător (ro) m
Russian: воспроизводи́тельный (ru) (vosproizvodítelʹnyj), репродукти́вный (ru) (reproduktívnyj), репродукцио́нный (ru) (reprodukciónnyj)
Spanish: reproductivo (es), reproductor (es)
Ukrainian: репродукти́вний (uk) (reproduktývnyj), репродукці́йний (reprodukcíjnyj)

Noun edit

reproductive (plural reproductives)

(biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).

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overpictured

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Adjective edit

reproductive

feminine singular of reproductif

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