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procreant

[ proh-kree-uhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

procreating or generating:
a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
pertaining to procreation.

1580–90; < Latin prōcreant- (stem of prōcreāns ), present participle of prōcreāre to breed. See procreate, -ant

The male incubates and rears the young; and the procreant habits seem altogether like those of Rhea americana.

Seed time and harvest, as old as the procreant earth and as new as the latest sunrise, are his to conjure.

There was a time when the spring came on in a fulness, when the procreant impulse stirred awake.

The strongest and most procreant contact is that which takes place between two creative minds.

These squadrons use the carcase as a procreant cradle, and thus ensure the nourishment of the larvæ so soon as they are hatched.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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