procreant
Americanadjective
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procreating or generating.
a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
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pertaining to procreation.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of procreant
1580–90; < Latin prōcreant- (stem of prōcreāns ), present participle of prōcreāre to breed. See procreate, -ant
Example Sentences
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In their procreant habits the uniformity is also very great.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The mystery of the Bay-wings’ nest twice found containing over the usual complement of eggs is cleared up, and I have now suddenly become acquainted with the procreant instinct of the Screaming Cow-bird.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The life outlives them and disdains; The sense which makes the soul remains, And blood of thought which travaileth To bring forth hope with procreant pains.
From Two Nations by Algernon Charles Swinburne
The male incubates and rears the young; and the procreant habits seem altogether like those of Rhea americana.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
It was long ago felicitously stated by Whitman in his "Leaves of Grass," "Urge and urge, always the procreant urge of the world."
From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs
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