Breeding and Increase

Breeding

Breeding noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Increase and breeding are semantically related in reproduction topic. In some cases you can use "Increase" instead a noun "Breeding".

Nearby Words: breed, breeder

Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Breeding and increase are semantically related in reproduction topic. Sometimes you can use "Breeding" instead a noun "Increase".

natural	natural breeding	natural increase
actual	actual breeding	actual increase
slow	slow breeding	slow increase
modest	modest breeding	modest increase
Other adjectives: further, random, rapid, stronger.

The Spix's Macaw is also now extinct in the wild, and there's an active captive breeding program to increase their numbers.

Source: Western Animation / Rio
In the movie version of Harrison Bergeron, the government chooses spouses for people in order to increase the odds breeding average children.

Source: Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage
Mathematically, having a breeding female live forever will do less to increase birth rates than having her produce a daughter (who'll breed early in turn) slightly sooner.

Source: Immortal Procreation Clause

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