Breed
Breed verb - To bring forth offspring.
Have children and breed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Have children" instead a verb "Breed".
Have children
Breed and have children are semantically related. You can use "Breed" instead a verb phrase "Have children".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In One Piece, when fishmen and merfolk have children, the child will either be a pure fishman or a pure merman/mermaid, not a hybrid, due to the special genetics of their breed which means that the children don't get their genes from their parents, but instead from one of their ancestors.
Source: Gender Equals Breed -
And in Ender in Exile Graff goes on a long ramble in a letter to Ender telling him to have children, that children are amazing, breed, breed, breed.
Source: Babies Ever After - Sometimes the beings in question are perfectly able to have children, but are not allowed to, by the laws of their society, because allowing immortals to breed will quickly lead to overpopulation.
Source: Immortal Procreation Clause
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