reproductive
adjective
serving to reproduce.
reproductively
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a word derived from
reproductive.
Example Sentences
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Like the “Alien” franchise itself, they’re durable, adaptable to any environment and reproductively prolific.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
Among the North Atlantic right whales remaining, fewer than 70 are reproductively active females, researchers estimate.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Of the 360 right whales left in the ocean, only 70 are reproductively active females.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
"Our results suggest that male BSB-associated alleles are likely reproductively advantageous, which may explain their past persistence and predict their future maintenance," said U-M evolutionary biologist Jianzhi Zhang, the study's senior author.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
Let us go farther yet: wages is the proportionality of the elements which compose wealth, and which are consumed every day reproductively by the mass of laborers.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
