Mating and Rival

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Mating

Mating noun - Sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis.
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Rival and mating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a noun "Mating".
Nearby Words: mate, mated

Rival

Rival noun - One that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value.
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Mating and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mating" instead a noun "Rival".
Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

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old old mating old rival
good good mating good rival
direct direct mating direct rival
actual actual mating actual rival
Other adjectives: last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other In nature, male and female often only show interest in each other in that way at mating time, the rest of the time, it's just another rival/potential meal.
    Source: Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
  • Killer Gorilla Male gorillas occasionally commit infanticide, which means that they kill the offspring of rival males they defeat for mating opportunity.
    Source: Killer Gorilla
  • Paleobiologists these days tend to believe that the skulls were used to butt the sides of rival pachycephalosaurs or shoving against each other, perhaps over territorial or mating rights.
    Source: Useful Notes / Dinosaurs
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